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Alexander Bolomatov, Advocate, Associated Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", gave to “Rossiyskaya Gazeta” (federal issue No. 5828 (155)) an expert’s commentary on the problems arising in the course of execution of the Federal Law “On rehabilitation of victims of political repressions”.

An article by Maxim Rovinskiy, Advocate, Head of Tax and Customs Law Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", was published in the “Tax Disputes” magazine (No. 7, 2012). The article consists of a step-by-step algorithm of determining the indirect participation of one organization in another (or of an individual in an organization) with a number of examples.

Since the XXII Winter Olympics and the XI Paralympics will be held in Sochi in 2014, the issue of their legal governance is quite topical for the Russian Federation. The leading International Sports Law Journal published (no. 1/2, 2012) the article “Legal aspects of organization and holding of the Olympic Games in the Russian Federation” by Mikhail Prokopets, head of the Sports Law Practice of the Law Firm "YUST".

The FAS of Russia closed the case against “Obyedinennaya Zernovaya Kompaniya (United Grain Company)” (OZK) OJSC and “IK “Troyka Dialog”” CJSC for the motive of absence of indications of limitation of competition in their actions. Artem Kukin and Arthur Rokhlin, Partners of the Law Firm "YUST", represented the interests of “Obyedinennaya Zernovaya Kompaniya (United Grain Company)” OJSC.

The minority shareholder of “TNK-BP Holding” has for the third time reviewed the amount of the claim against the BP structures. This time the amount was lowered by almost a third and fixed at 288 billion roubles. Arthur Rokhlin, Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", gave the “Vedomosti” newspaper an expert’s commentary on the case (10.07.2012, No. 126 (3140)).

Ivan Savvidi, co-owner of the Rostov-on-Don airport, decided to invest into the assets himself and may block the investments by “Renova”, that was chosen by the regional authorities. Arthur Rokhlin, Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", gave the “Vedomosti” newspaper an expert’s commentary on this case (06.07.2012, No. 124 (3138)).

Currently the creditor, who has claim rights towards joint and several debtors, faces a number of difficulties when exercising his rights within the framework of bankruptcy procedure. Such difficulties originate from the fact that bankruptcy legislation does not govern such situation specifically. The judicial authorities also apply a variety of approaches. Is the creditor entitled to initiate bankruptcy proceedings against all joint and several debtors or only against one of them? How do the rights of the creditor and of the surety regarding the debtor, who has partially settled the debt, correlate within the framework of bankruptcy proceedings? Specialists of the Law Firm "YUST" – Partner, Advocate Artem Kukin and Lawyer Rodion Smirnov – answer these and other questions in the article “Bankruptcy procedures regarding joint and several debtors” (“Corporate Lawyer” magazine, No. 5, 2012).

A webinar “Employment disputes with the participation of trade unions” for the readers of the “Labour disputes” magazine was held on July 3rd. Advocate Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya, Doctor at Law, Associated Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", was the speaker of the webinar.

Alexander Petrov, Advocate at the Law Firm "YUST", gave Pravo.RU an expert’s commentary on the draft law, which introduces a number of amendments to the Penal Procedural Code, Administrative Procedural Code, Civil Procedural Code of Russia, AOCRF, the Laws “On digital signature”, “On information, information technologies and protection of information” etc.

An article by Egor Svechnikov, Lawyer at the Law Firm "YUST", was published in the “Ekonomika I Zhizn (Economy and Life)” newspaper (No. 24, 2012). The article explains whether the amount of unconditional prohibitions on agreements between economy subjects, which are fixed by the Competition Protection Law, decreased.