Laws effective February 10

The regulation on the Commission was approved, according to which it is a coordinating body formed to ensure the interaction of executive authorities and organizations to implement a unified state policy in the field of mining, production and circulation of precious metals and stones.

Among the main tasks of the Commission are the development of main directions for improving state support for enterprises operating in this area, as well as making decisions to combat illegal mining, production and circulation of precious metals and stones, assessing the feasibility of changing the size of the Russian gold reserve.

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 1, 2023 No. 131 “On the Government Commission for the development and implementation of state support measures in the field of mining, production and circulation of precious metals and precious stones”

In particular, the conditions for subsidizing budgets in order to provide state social assistance to citizens on the basis of a social contract are being specified. In addition, the duties of a citizen and the social protection authority of the population have been expanded as part of assistance measures, including job search, self-employment and personal subsidiary farming.

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 1, 2023 No. 138 “On Amending the State Program of the Russian Federation “Social Support for Citizens”

Thus, the rules for making a decision on the participation of a federal state unitary enterprise in commercial and non-profit organizations established abroad, as well as on concluding a simple partnership agreement with foreign citizens and legal entities, were approved.

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 2, 2023 No. 149 “On Amendments to Certain Acts of the Government of the Russian Federation on Management of Federal Property Located Outside the Russian Federation”

Until June 1, 2023, Russia and Belarus will jointly conduct an experiment on the use of navigation seals for timber and woodworking products placed under the customs export procedure in Belarus, transported through the territory of the Russian Federation by road with a view to subsequent departure from the territory of the EAEU.

From the Russian side, the Ministry of Transport of Russia, the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, the Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia, the Border Guard Service of the Federal Security Service of Russia, the Federal Customs Service of Russia, Rostransnadzor and Rosleskhoz are participating in the experiment.

During the experiment, the work of the Russian (Center for the Development of Digital Platforms LLC) and Belarusian (RUE Beltamozhservice) sealing operators will be synchronized.

Navigation seals will be placed on vehicles directly when goods are loaded in Belarus. Then the sealed trucks will pass through the territory of both countries to the point of exit from the territory of Russia. It will be possible to cross the border only through the Russian-Azerbaijani automobile checkpoint Yarag-Kazmalyar and the Russian-Kazakhstani checkpoints Mashtakovo, Bugristoye and Petukhovo. There, the seals will be removed, and vehicles with cargo will continue on their route.

Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of February 2, 2023 No. 150 “On conducting an experiment on the use of navigation seals in relation to timber and woodworking products placed under the customs procedure for export in the Republic of Belarus, moved through the territory of the Russian Federation by road transport for the purpose of subsequent departure from the territory of the Eurasian Economic Union”