On 04/04/2022 Alexander Linnikov, Tatiana Tsepkina and Leonid Karpov were appointed arbitrators of the Arbitration Centre under the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs. Its body of arbitrators consists of the most prominent members of the Russian legal community appointed by special decrees of the RUIE President after rigorous individual selection.
It became known that clause 2 of art. 201 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, "Abuse of Power", will be amended by a new provision establishing liability for "actions taken in order to enforce decisions of foreign states to introduce restrictive measures against Russia." The bill provides for a wide range of punishments for enforcement of foreign sanctions in Russia, up to 10 years imprisonment with a complimentary ling-term restriction on occupying certain positions.
On 01/04/2022 the State Duma Committee on Natural Resources and Property has supported a bill banning circulation and new offerings of shares of Russian companies abroad.