Russia's market for mergers and acquisitions came into being in the early 1990s when mass privatization of state-owned property gained momentum. More specifically, it was not until after the Russian financial crisis of 1998 that mergers and friendly takeovers took place in Russia. Up until then...

The COVID-19 pandemic boosted such areas of corporate governance development as the drive to sustainability and digitalization, however, no significant changes were expected at this point.2 However, the events of 2022 resulted, and are likely to continue to result in notable changes in the...

One of the apparent aftermaths of the 2007–2009 global economic crisis was a lack of coordination between supervisory financial authorities. The previous general supervisory requirements had been found to be inadequate, raising a whole host of questions about its effectiveness. The ‘too big...

A comparative analysis of the existing model of financial market regulation and the model put forth by the Bank of Russia within the framework of the Draft Federal Law ‘On Self-Regulating Organizations in the Field of Financial Markets' indicates that the Bank of Russia is creating a new...

From September 2013, the Federal Law 'On the Introduction of Alterations to Some Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation in Connection with the Delegation to the Central Bank of the Russian Federation of the Powers for Regulation, Control and Supervision in the Sphere of Financial Markets'...