Recent news
Latest items of recent news relevant to Russia as reported in our fortnightly newswire ‘Dernières nouvelles’.
Russian Federation: Putin signs pension law to raise retirement age in Russia
The Russian President has signed into law a measure that will increase the state retirement age from 60 to 65 for men and 55 to 60 for women …
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Russian Federation: Putin appeals to Russians to accept ‘painful’ pension changes
The State Duma (Parliament) has adopted at third reading a Bill that will make it an offence for an employer to unjustifiably deny an individual employment if they are nearing retirement age, or for dismissing them ahead of their normal retirement age …
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Russian Federation: U.S. issued new sanctions on Russia
The new round of US-led sanctions go into effect this month …
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Russian Federation: Employers are no longer able to register their employees for migration purposes – using the company address
Employers are no longer able to register their employees for migration purposes – using the company address …
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Russian Federation: Paris closes Business France office in Russia
The Moscow office of the organisation “Business France” has been shut down by the French government …
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Russian Federation: Government plans to raise the retirement age
The government will progressively raise the retirement age – starting from next year – to reduce state pension liabilities …
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Russian Federation: New destinations for Philippine workers
Following the conclusion of recent deal with China to allow in over 300,000 Filipino workers, the Foreign Affairs Secretary of the Philippines Alan Peter Cayetano has now visited Moscow for discussions with the Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov …
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Russian Federation: Take special note of the social and political situation in the annexed territory of Crimea
Employers with operations in the annexed territory of Crimea should take special note of the social and political situation of its biggest minority group – the Tartars …
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Russian Federation: Authorities want to jail people for observing sanctions
Those companies walking the tightrope between US sanctions and the lure of the world’s physically largest country now face an even slippery path ahead …
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Russian Federation: Retirement age
The normal state retirement age is 55 for women and 60 for men …
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Russian Federation: Minimum wage to be raised by 43%
A parliamentary Bill set to increase the minimum wage by 43% to 11,163 Rubles (US$198) has passed its third and final reading in the State Duma …
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Russian Federation: National minimum wage
A new law enacted just before Christmas sets the national minimum wage officially at the subsistence level, with effect from January 1st 2019 …
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Russian Federation: Take special care not to recruit ‘extremists’
Employers will now have to take special care not to recruit ‘extremists’ …
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Russian Federation: Relations with countries in the west
Relations with countries in the west have further deteriorated following the publication of an independent report confirming the use of chemical weapons in Syria by the Russian-backed Assad regime …
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Russian Federation: Distant consequences
A trade embargo against Russia already in place since the annexation of Crimea in 2014 has now been further reinforced by a new set of sanctions agreed by the US President …
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