Anyone who has a bank account and uses it for business, personal settlements, additional earnings or large money transfers is at risk of falling under the restrictions imposed by the "anti-money laundering" law 115-FZ. Experts interviewed by Pravo.ru told us how to avoid being blocked and what to do if you do encounter them. One lawyer explained how to successfully challenge a bank's decision in court, using a case from his practice.>

Ksenia Panteleeva is the Head of the Ural office of Alliance Legal CG (Yekaterinburg) since January 2022. She is the Head of Corporate and Labor Law Practice and the Advisor of Dispute Resolution Practice. She consults then clients and represents their interests in Corporate Law, Right in Personam and Right in Rem issues. Ksenia has a highly respected reputation as a top expert in tax structuring and dispute resolution. We talked to Ksenia Panteleeva about the current goals set in her department and about the competences and qualities that a modern regional office manager should have in the leading law fi rm to provide prompt and professional legal support to the clients. >

The Court noted that regional public authorities have the right to decide on a different general rule for calculating the payment for a given public service than that established by the Russian Government>

It is not uncommon for banks to charge a fee to a customer's account for this service: "transferring money to a third party recoverer under a writ of execution". This is illegal in some cases. Yunona Sizykh (Alliance Legal CG) explained the bank's mistake and how to restore justice>

The ministry proposed that employees of Russian companies working abroad should be required to pay taxes in Russia, that compensation payments to remote workers should be exempt from personal income tax, and that the procedure for granting social tax deductions should be simplified.>