State Duma, Lower House of Russia’s Parliament, intends to criminally prosecute those companies which extend loans to private individuals illegally, …
A cryptocurrency breakthrough in Belarus?
Denis Smirnov – executive at Raddar trading startup On December 21, 2017 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a presidential executive …
5 Ways to Parlay Patent Infringement into Profits
Expert outlines “what it takes” to turn intellectual property infringement into an ancillary income stream. By Merilee Kern, MBA According …
Special Administrative Regions in Russia: Specifics and purposes
Artyom Yudkin – member of the Board at Modernizatsia Siberian Expert Center Organization of Special Administrative Regions in Russia to …
ICO market will never be the same again. Case study of ICOs in Estonia
By Oxana Babikova, Lead Lawyer at PriFinance An ICO – initial coin offering – is an efficient way of attracting …
Cryptoassets bill’s pros and cons
Dmitry Zhurbin – senior legal advisor, Infralex law firm The State Duma of the Russian Federation (lower house of the …
Smart contracts and Russia’s contractual laws
Dmitry Skvortsov – PhD in Law, independent expert In October 2017, Russia’s president approved a list of instructions in the …
‘Anti-money laundering’ destruction of small business
Alexei Ilyin – head of financial institutions, ALNANT legal group It’s been a long time since the federal anti-money laundering …
Bitcoin outlawed by court
Under the current laws of Russia, Bitcoin just as any other cryptocurrency is outside the national legal environment. That was …
Miners, who are they? Boris Titov’s draft law under experts’ criticism
Last week, Presidential Commissioner for Entrepreneurs’ Rights Boris Titov initiated a number of nitiatives regarding regulation of digital currencies, ICOs …