Late in December 2012 and January 2013, the following amendments were introduced in the legislation: Part 1 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation was revised; the list of socially oriented non-profit organizations’ activities carried out with state support has been supplemented; amendments...

In February, the following main amendments were introduced into the legislation: a Civil Code norm as regards refusal of the heir from the estate in favor of other persons was brought in compliance with the Resolution of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation; provisions of a number...

In October, the following amendments were introduced into the legislation: amendments were made to protect people’s rights to privatization of housing in which they do not live, but have the right to use it; norms permitting to increase wages and salaries of managers of federal government and...

In November, the following changes were introduced in the legislation: the list of grounds for approval by the Ministry of Justice of a decision on permission to include in the name of a non-profit organization of the official names -- "the Russian Federation" or "Russia" -- was supplemented; the...