A source-led starting point
This index brings together selected sources used in the Russia guides. Some links lead to an individual law; others lead to an official collection, court or regulator. It is a research starting point, not an exhaustive or certified consolidation of every applicable rule.
Read the operative text with amendments, commencement, territorial application and authoritative language in view. A current website or search result does not itself establish that an older downloaded document remains the correct version.
Legislation, courts & regulators
Bank of Russia — banking sector
Explains licensing and supervision of banks and non-bank financial institutions and the domestic banking framework.
Open the legal source ↗Bank of Russia — insurance
Provides the official insurance-supervision framework, sector information and regulatory instruments.
Open the legal source ↗Civil Code, Parts One–Four — WIPO Lex
Collects the Civil Code on legal persons, obligations, property, succession and intellectual property; Russian consolidation is to August 2025, with older English material.
Open the legal source ↗Code of Administrative Judicial Procedure — Supreme Court translation
Provides an informational English translation of administrative judicial procedure through June 2023; later amendments and authoritative Russian text must be checked.
Open the legal source ↗Competition Law 135-FZ — WIPO Lex
Regulates restrictive conduct, dominance and economic concentration; Russian consolidation is to March 2025, while the English version is substantially older.
Open the legal source ↗Electric Power Industry Law 35-FZ — FAOLEX text
Provides the foundational electricity-sector framework; the archived text requires checking against current market rules and amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Environmental Protection Law 7-FZ — FAOLEX text
Provides the foundational environmental-protection framework, including assessment and operational controls; the historic English text requires current-law verification.
Open the legal source ↗European Commission — Russia services-sanctions FAQs
Explains EU restrictions on specified services, including legal advice, and distinguishes prohibited work from relevant exemptions and authorisations.
Open the legal source ↗Family Code — ILO NATLEX record
Identifies marriage, parental rights, maintenance and cross-border family provisions; archived translations require checking against current Russian legislation.
Open the legal source ↗FAOLEX — Russian Federation land and environmental legislation collection
Indexes land, urban planning, registration, environmental and natural-resource legislation; individual records have different consolidation dates.
Open the legal source ↗Federal Tax Service — corporate bankruptcy
Explains the corporate insolvency framework under Federal Law 127-FZ and the distinction between entity status and payment obligations.
Open the legal source ↗Federal Tax Service — registration of legal entities and entrepreneurs
Provides official registration services and guidance for establishing, changing and reorganising Russian legal entities and individual businesses.
Open the legal source ↗Federal Tax Service — taxes and levies
Identifies federal, regional and local taxes and special regimes, directing users to the relevant official tax guidance.
Open the legal source ↗Foreign Citizens Law 115-FZ — ILO NATLEX record
Identifies the statutory framework for foreign nationals' stay, residence and participation in employment; current amendments and implementing procedures need verification.
Open the legal source ↗HCCH — Russian Central Authority for child-protection cooperation
Identifies the designated authority under the 1996 Child Protection Convention; treaty operation between the relevant states requires separate verification.
Open the legal source ↗ICAC — legal status and arbitration legislation
Explains the international commercial arbitration law, Federal Law 382-FZ and ICAC's status as a permanent private arbitration institution.
Open the legal source ↗Information Law 149-FZ — Roskomnadzor-hosted text
Covers information, information technologies and protection of information; the November 2024 version must be checked against subsequent changes.
Open the legal source ↗Labour Code — ILO NATLEX record
Identifies the Labour Code and its employment, pay, working-time, safety and dispute provisions; historic translations require checking against current amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Land Code 136-FZ — FAOLEX text
Provides a Land Code text concerning land categories, ownership and permitted use; the archived version must be checked for subsequent amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Maritime Arbitration Commission — legal status
Explains the specialist private arbitral institution's legal basis and administration of maritime disputes.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Finance — public procurement monitoring report
Describes operation of procurement under Federal Law 44-FZ; this historical institutional report is not the current consolidated procurement statute.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — advocacy legislation
Publishes Federal Law 63-FZ on advocacy and the legal profession, including professional organisation and duties.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — challenges to bailiff action
Explains complaints against enforcement officers under Federal Law 229-FZ and the distinction between supervisory and judicial routes.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Justice — Fundamentals of Notarial Legislation
Publishes notarial rules covering authentication, property transactions, inheritance-related functions and certification of mediation agreements.
Open the legal source ↗Ministry of Transport — maritime legal instruments
Identifies the Merchant Shipping Code and maritime safety and port instruments; the collection requires verification of later versions.
Open the legal source ↗Official Internet Portal of Legal Information
Publishes federal and other legal acts and provides amended texts; authoritative versions and commencement must be identified for each issue.
Open the legal source ↗Personal Data Law 152-FZ — ILO NATLEX record
Identifies personal-data principles, operator obligations, individual rights and supervision; the record is not a complete current consolidation.
Open the legal source ↗Rospotrebnadzor — consumer-law changes from March 2026
Explains changes concerning Russian-language consumer information and recurring payments after withdrawal of permission to use payment details.
Open the legal source ↗Rospotrebnadzor — consumer-protection legislation
Publishes the consumer framework covering sellers, service providers, product information, quality and remedies; confirm subsequent amendments.
Open the legal source ↗Social Fund — occupational accident and disease insurance law
Provides Federal Law 125-FZ governing compulsory social insurance for workplace accidents and occupational disease.
Open the legal source ↗Strategic Investment Law 57-FZ — UNCTAD Investment Laws Navigator
Provides the strategic-investment framework concerning foreign control and relevant assets; current amendments and parallel restrictions require separate verification.
Open the legal source ↗Supreme Court — judicial-system legislation
Identifies the civil, criminal and state commercial procedural frameworks; English translations are informational and do not replace authoritative Russian texts.
Open the legal source ↗UK government — Russia sanctions statutory guidance
Explains UK financial, trade and professional-services restrictions, including legal-advisory limits and the need to assess applicable exceptions or licences.
Open the legal source ↗Using the sources
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