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Escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are having a systemic impact on international trade, logistics, financial transactions, and corporate resilience. Restrictions on shipping through strategic routes, disruptions to banking infrastructure, and increasing sanctions pressure are creating a complex set of risks that require companies not only to respond quickly…
Valen Group recently brought together entrepreneurs and business representatives from around the world for a webinar dedicated to the practical aspects of entering the Russian market. Participants learned about opportunities, key steps, and real challenges that companies face when starting operations in one of the most dynamically developing economies. The…
As part of the policy to increase economic transparency, a bill to establish a national system for confirming pending delivery of goods (SPOT) has been approved. The proposed mechanism establishes a new model for monitoring the import of goods from Eurasian Economic Union member states and is aimed at systematically…
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) — these are territories with a special legal and economic regime, established by the state to attract investment, develop infrastructure, and stimulate priority sectors of the economy. Their emergence was a response to structural economic challenges: a lack of investment, technological backwardness in certain regions, high…
Amendments tightening requirements for the use of Russian in public information will take effect on March 1. These amendments affect a wide range of businesses, from retail and service providers to developers. This is not a complete ban on foreign languages, but it does establish the priority of the Russian…
Over the past four years, international commercial arbitration involving Russian companies has ceased to be simply an alternative to state courts. It has become an independent strategic area where contract law, sanctions regulation, international politics, and compliance intersect. While until 2022, the primary focus was on legal argumentation on the…
Opening a branch or representative office of a foreign company in Russia means transferring part of the ready-made business from abroad to Russia. In essence, the entrepreneur does not need to re-create the business structure in another country. It is enough to relocate a ready-made entrepreneurial project to another country and resolve a number of issues on the ground, for example…
The first months of 2026 have been marked by significant developments, both in the redistribution of strategic assets and in corporate regulatory reform. At the same time, judicial approaches to corporate disputes, cross-border conflicts, and shareholder protection continue to evolve. These developments are not isolated events but reflect the emergence…
The development of digital notarial instruments has affected not only domestic document circulation but also consular services for citizens abroad. The ability to certify the equivalence of an electronic document to a paper one through consular offices has significantly changed the procedure for transmitting legally significant documents to Russia. Previously,…
The Russian legal system has developed an important approach to the classification of cryptocurrency: property rights associated with its legal ownership and use are subject to judicial protection. This effectively recognizes cryptocurrency as an object of property rights and significantly changes the logic for resolving disputes related to digital assets….
In recent years, the Russian Federation has been consistently pursuing a policy of digitalizing migration procedures and transferring foreign citizens’ interactions with government systems to an electronic format. One of the key elements of this process is the introduction of mandatory digital entry notification for certain categories of foreign citizens….
With increasing international restrictions and growing banking compliance, cross-border settlements have become one of the most complex operational challenges for businesses engaged in international economic activity. Traditional international payment mechanisms have lost their predictability, and many previously effective systems have either ceased to function or are fraught with a high…
Setting up a company in Kazakhstan for Russians is one of the available opportunities for Russian citizens to explore new foreign sales markets without any extra legal and economic difficulties. Why do Russians choose Kazakhstan? A number of positive characteristics of this republic contribute to it…
In today’s marketplace, it takes a lot of effort for business leaders to remove barriers for cross-border business. Regular enterprises development requires quick and thoughtful decisions of the founders. One of the ways to expand activities available for private entrepreneurs and state-owned enterprises is to create a holding.
Due diligence procedure is one of the tasks of a comprehensive study of business: an audit in the course of due diligence helps to strengthen relationships for a large-scale transaction between counterparties. Also due diligence, as a rule, is applied in the case of the acquisition of a business or any large objects (for example, land or real estate).
