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A conference organized by The Moscow Times newspaper was held in Moscow on October 18. Denis Shumskiy, Advocate of the Law Firm "YUST", moderated the session dedicated to the amendments to Part IV of the CCRF.

Radmila Nikitina, acting Head of Antitrust Law Group of the Law Firm "YUST", gave the daily Internet newspaper ComNews an expert’s commentary on the dispute between the Federal Antimonopoly Service and the shareholders of Vimpelcom Ltd. – the Norwegian Telenor and Weather Investments

The traditional round table, organized by the Labour Law Chair of the Higher School of Economics - National Research University, was held in Moscow on October 16. Boris Gorokhov, Judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the Group of Judges for Labour and Civil Cases of the Civil Case Board of the SC of Russia. Advocate Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya, Doctor at Law, Associated Partner of the Law Firm "YUST", represented the Firm at the event.

On October 11-12, a meeting of the representatives of member firms of Meritas Law Firms Worldwide of the European, Asian and Middle Eastern countries was held in the city of Istanbul (Turkey). Evgeny Zhilin and Anna Kotova-Smolenskaya, Associated Partners of the Law Firm "YUST", represented the Firm.

The International Scientific Conference “Modern private law in Russia and the European Union” was held in Moscow on September 27th. The event was organized by the Institute of State and Law of the RAS, by the Russian-German Law Institute and Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel with support from the Law Firm "YUST". Academician Andrey Lisitsyn-Svetlanov, Senior Partner of the Firm, Director of the Institute of State and Law of the RAS, opened the Conference.

An article by Advocate Tatiana Starikova, Head of Private Clients’ Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", and Igor Kostennikov, Lawyer of the Firm, on the subject of the possibilities of one spouse to contest the transaction executed by the other spouse was published in the Corporate Lawyer magazine (No. 9, September of 2012).

On September 24 of 2012, the Federal Court of Arbitration of the Moscow District revoked the rulings of the first and second instance courts made on the case of bankruptcy of MegaStroy LLC (part of Renova GC). RTK-Development LLC, a bankruptcy creditor, filed for cassation. Lawyers of the Law Firm "YUST" represented its interests.

An interview with Advocate Maxim Rovinskiy, Head of Tax and Customs Law Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", on how to receive interest for late repayment of taxes by a tax inspectorate, was published in “Novaya Buhgalteriya (New Accountability)” (No. 10, October of 2012).

An article by Dmitry Manuylov, Lawyer of the Tax and Customs Law Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", on the possibilities to exact from the tax inspectorate the interest for untimely repayment of excess amount of taxes or for excessively charged tax amount by the tax authority was published in the “Novaya Buhgalteriya (New Accountability)” (No. 10, October of 2012).

Advocate Alexander Yevdokimov, Head of Arbitration Court Practice of the Law Firm "YUST", gave RAPSI an expert’s commentary on the possibility of implementation by the Bank of Russia of partial insurance (franchise) of high-profit deposits, where the rates are above the medium market rate.