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Unified non-tariff regulatory methods are applied to medicines, providing for a regulatory approval system for their import and export from the customs territory of the EAEU. Russia is closely monitoring this.

In addition to the previously analyzed by SCHNEIDER GROUP general measures to support tenants of buildings and premises, including those that are privately owned (as we described earlier), special types of state support are provided for tenants of state property.

The Head of the Government of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mishustin, signed Decree No. 1671-r of June 25, 2020, which allows foreign citizens who are highly qualified specialists, to enter the Russian Federation. A highly qualified specialist can do this only one time.

In this newsletter we will cover new measures to support business that affect the tax area. The measures were introduced in connection with the new coronavirus infection and apply mainly to small and middle enterprises.

On June 25, 2020, the Governor Alexander Beglov amended the decree of the Government of St. Petersburg No. 121 “On measures to counteract the spread of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in St. Petersburg” dated March 13, 2020.