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Governor must explain his tax return

12:06 23/04/2011 This week, Russian media reported on a staggering piece of land owned by Bryansk Governor Nilolai Denin. Apart from two houses, three land plots and a car that Denin and his wife share, they also have in ownership land parcels totaling 5,440 hectares, according to the governor’s tax return for 2010, which was recently made public. At the same time, the governor’s tax return for 2009 says his family only owned 117 hectares.

Legal greenmail

20:05 20/04/2011 Russia may give greenmailing a new lease of life. Fifteen years ago in Europe and the United States, this corporate raiding practice became unfeasible as a result of higher tax rates. However, the growing clout of bloggers might bring greenmail back to global markets as an internet tool for exerting political pressure.

The new price on corruption

11:02 14/04/2011 The Russian president proposed amendments to the criminal and administrative offense codes to divide bribe takers into four independent groups. The groups would be divided by the bribe amount.

Russian Supreme Commercial Court approves fast track litigation draft

11:36 04/04/2011 The plenum of the Supreme Commercial Court of the Russian Federation (SCC) approved and is ready to submit to the lower house of Parliament (State Duma) the draft federal law on the broader use of fast track litigation procedures. Its enactment will provide relief to the arbitration courts’ overworked staff.

Constitutional Court to decide status of arbitration tribunals

12:11 18/03/2011 The Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation is set to consider the request of the Supreme Commercial Court, regarding the status of arbitration tribunals on May 31.

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