Announcement
05 Aug 2022
On 5 August 2022, the government of the Russian Federation published Presidential Decree No. 520 temporarily prohibiting certain commercial and investment transactions related to the "unfriendly" countries.
Source
Number of interventions
3
3 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
05 Aug 2022
Revocation date:
31 Dec 2025
Announced: 03 Jun 2026
Russia: President authorises the sale by TotalEnergies EP Salmanov of its share in Arctic LNG 2 LLC
Announced: 21 May 2026
Russia: Presidential authorisation for transactions involving shares of JSC Holding Company Metalloinvest
Announced: 08 May 2026
Russia: President authorises the sale by Composite System Ltd of its shares in EKTOSintez JSC
Announced: 27 Apr 2026
Russia: President authorises the sale by Gentlia Limited of its shares in Zolotorudnaya Kompaniya Pavlik JSC
Announced: 16 Mar 2026
Russia: President authorises the sale by Lufthansa of its shares in Aeromar JSC
Announced: 03 Mar 2026
Russia: President authorises transactions with the capital of LLC Elgaugol
Announced: 22 Dec 2025
Russia: President authorises transactions with the capital of Ruhrpumpen RUS LLC
Announced: 22 Dec 2025
Russia: President authorises transactions with the capital of IDF Eurasia International JSC and Svoi Bank JSC
Announced: 08 Dec 2025
Russia: President authorises transactions with the capital of JSC Caspian Pipeline Consortium-R
Announced: 25 Nov 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale by EVRAZ PLC of its shares in two Russian companies
Announced: 12 Nov 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale by Citigroup Netherlands BV of its shares in Citibank Commercial Bank JSC
Announced: 05 Nov 2025
Russia: President authorises Laurentene Holdings Limited to conduct transactions with shares in Ivi.ru LLC
Announced: 04 Nov 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale by John Crane UK Limited of its stake in DKI Compressor Equipment LLC
Announced: 31 Oct 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale by Cyproman Services Limited of its stake in "Saturn" Managing Company LLC
Announced: 17 Oct 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale by Soihl Cyprus Investment Limited of its shares in SIBUR Holding PJSC
Announced: 25 Jul 2025
Russia: President authorises RAI Capital Partners Limited to conduct transactions with shares in Ivi.ru LLC
Announced: 01 Jul 2025
Russia: President exempts certain types of investment transactions from existing counter-sanctions measures to facilitate new FDI by foreign investors from "unfriendly" states
Announced: 26 May 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale of A2-Link AG's Russian subsidiary
Announced: 26 May 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale of Aggreko's Russian subsidiary
Announced: 08 May 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale of ABB Ltd's stake in its Russian subsidiary
Announced: 18 Apr 2025
Russia: President instructs the government to adopt additional restrictions for foreign investment and commercial transactions by entities from "unfriendly" states
Announced: 02 Apr 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale by Goldman Sachs International of its shares in Russian public companies
Announced: 25 Mar 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale of Kopy Goldfields AB's shares in its Russian subsidiary AG Mining PJSC
Announced: 17 Mar 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale by 683 Capital Partners LP and other investment firms of their shares in Russian energy and financial companies
Announced: 07 Feb 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale of PSI Software SE's stake in the Russian company Gazavtomatika Dispatcher Systems LLC
Announced: 31 Jan 2025
Russia: President authorises the sale of Goldman Sachs Group Inc's share in its Russian subsidiary Goldman Sachs Bank LLC
Announced: 31 Dec 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of Volkswagen's stake in its Russian subsidiary Volkswagen Bank RUS LLC
Announced: 20 Dec 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of Natixis's share in Natixis Bank JSC
Announced: 28 Nov 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of RUSELCO LLP's share in Russian Elevator Company LLC
Announced: 14 Nov 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of TGV Investment Co Ltd's share in the Russian medical centre
Announced: 30 Oct 2024
Russia: Government further tightens the restrictions on divestment from the Russian market by companies from "unfriendly states"
Announced: 25 Oct 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide's share in the Russian holding company of the Pulkovo airport managing company
Announced: 03 Oct 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of Eurasia Drilling Company's share in a Russian company
Announced: 14 Jun 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of Coeclerici Group's shares in a Russian coal mining company
Announced: 29 May 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy's share in a Russian company
Announced: 20 May 2024
Russia: President authorises Promazot to engage in transactions related to the capital of Minudobreniya JSC
Announced: 07 May 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of shares by Gazprom Neft International SA to LLC Gratal
Announced: 03 Apr 2024
Russia: President authorises transactions with foreign-held shares in Geo Saha LLC
Announced: 19 Mar 2024
Russia: President authorises certain foreign investors' transactions related to Highland Gold
Announced: 19 Mar 2024
Russia: President authorises transactions related to Ermakovskoye LLC
Announced: 11 Mar 2024
Russia: President authorises the sale of Poligon-Technogen to Norilsk Nickel
Announced: 20 Feb 2024
Russia: President authorises certain foreign investors' transactions related to Polymetal JSC and Taseevskoye LLC
Announced: 19 Feb 2024
Russia: President authorises the acquisition of Russian HSBC subsidiary by a local bank
Announced: 15 Feb 2024
Russia: President authorises certain foreign investors' transactions related to Renaissance Insurance Group and Ozon Holdings Plc
Announced: 15 Feb 2024
Russia: Daimler Truck secures government authorisation for selling its stake in Kamaz
Announced: 05 Feb 2024
Russia: President authorises the purchase of Grundfos Holding's subsidiary by a Russian company
Announced: 02 Feb 2024
Russia: President authorises certain foreign investors' transactions related to Russneft JSC
Announced: 23 Nov 2023
Russia: President signs a decree allowing the transactions related to JSC "Russian Coal"
Announced: 15 Nov 2023
Russia: President signs a decree allowing the transactions with USM
Announced: 28 Sep 2023
Russia: President of Russia authorises Intesa's divestment from Russia
Announced: 26 Sep 2023
Russia: The size of the "voluntary contribution" upon divestment is increased to 15% of the market value
Announced: 18 Sep 2023
Russia: Mondi secures government authorisation for the sale of the Russian business
Announced: 27 Jul 2023
Russia: President authorises the sale by ERIELL of its two Russian subsidiaries
Announced: 16 Jul 2023
Russia: Government places foreign stakes in Danone Russia and Baltika under temporary government control
Announced: 11 Apr 2023
Russia: Government allows Shell to sell its share in the Sakhalin-2 operator and repatriate capital
Announced: 27 Mar 2023
Russia: Imposition of a mandatory payment upon divestment by the companies from "unfriendly" countries
To be prolonged: 01 Jan 2026
Russia: Authorisation for certain companies to exclude the votes of shareholders from the "unfriendly" countries
Announced: 30 Dec 2022
Russia: Government imposes additional restrictions on divestment and capital repatriation by the firms from "unfriendly countries"
Announced: 04 Nov 2022
Russia: Baker Hughes secures authorisation for divestment from Russia
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