Announcement
04 Aug 2026
In August 2026, the Russian authorities enacted legislation restricting the rights of foreign investors associated with 'unfriendly' states to exercise buy-back options for Russian business assets they previously alienated.
Source
Number of interventions
1
1 certainly harmful
0 likely harmful
0 liberalising
Implementation date
04 Aug 2026
Revocation date:
No revocation date
Recent update from 10 Aug 2026:
On 4 August 2026, the President of Russia signed and published Federal Law No. 319-FZ, enabling Russian courts to extinguish foreign investors' contractual rights to buy back Russian business asset...
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