Sergei Bakeshin has talked to RBC about administrative liability for quarantine breaches
St Petersburg restaurateur Alexander Zatulivetrov, co-owner of the SkyRest group, intends to open his restaurants on 15 April, despite the current ban on the operation of food outlets due to the coronavirus epidemic. At the same time, the businessman is ready to introduce additional safeguards to protect visitors. According to RBC Petersburg…
10.04.2020
Dmitry Uryakin has evaluated bills on virtual court hearings
Since mid-March, in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, Russian courts have only considered cases that do not require the parties to be called, as well as those of an urgent nature. Senators Alexei Russkikh and Andrei Klishias have initiated bills allowing parties to participate in online hearings. A hearing in this format must be…
07.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on the insolvency of a manufacturer of energy equipment Zvezda-Energetika
At the end of March, the tax inspectorate froze the accounts of Zvezda-Energetika JSC, a major Russian manufacturer of energy equipment, among whose customers are Gazprom, Lukoil, Rosneft and other leading Russian companies. The freezing of funds stopped the company from paying off more than 1 billion roubles in debts with some creditors already…
06.04.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg following a court’s decision to reduce the penalty for the defence contract by 6.5 times
The Moscow Commercial Court decided to recover from the Pella shipyard in St Petersburg 446.8 million roubles for late delivery of the Karakurt rocket-artillery ship to the Ministry of Defence. The initial requirements of the military department amounted to 2.93 billion roubles, the court recognised that the calculation as correct, but considered…
31.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented to Delovoy Peterburg on measures to support business
On Wednesday, 25 March, the Russian President addressed the nation regarding the spread of the coronavirus. The President announced measures to support small and medium-sized businesses, the key ones of which were commented on by Senior Associate, Sergei Bakeshin, for Delovoy Peterburg. According to Sergei a delay in payment of all social fees and…
30.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has provided his comments to Fontanka.ru on a bill that tightens the liability for violation of Russian lockdown rules
State Duma Speaker, Vyacheslav Volodin, and United Russia MP, Pavel Krasheninnikov, have prepared and submitted to the Russian State Duma a bill that introduces administrative and criminal liability for violating the quarantine regime and other lockdown rules. The amendments introduce fines ranging from 500 thousand to 1 million roubles or…
26.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented on an attempt by the creditors of Trading House Intertorg LLC to change an administrator
The largest creditors of TD Intertorg LLC, which developed the Semya and Spar chain stores in St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region, are trying to appeal against the appointment of Sergey Bezrukikh as administrator by the court. The candidacy was proposed by the Moscow supplier of juice, mineral water and soft drinks Garant LLC, which was the…
24.03.2020
Maxima Legal lawyers have assessed the probability of recognition of the current situation as force majeure for defence contracts
For the publication Novyy Oboronnyy Zakaz. Strategii, Maxima Legal lawyers considered whether an increase in the exchange rate and the coronavirus pandemic can serve as a legal basis for the non-performance of contracts, including defence industry orders. Alina Kalinskova, an Associate at Maxima Legal, noted that the current regulations do not…
24.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has commented for RBC on the conflict of two defence enterprises
The Commercial Court of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region refused to approve PJSC Zvezda's claim to declare null and void a contract with Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant (KMZ) on the manufacture of engines for small missile ships of project 22800 Karakurt. “The court concluded that the contract was valid, and KMZ will be able to demand the…
11.03.2020
Sergei Bakeshin has analysed a dispute on the seizure of property owned by spouses
The Commercial Court of the Moscow District upheld the decision of the Arbitration Court of Appeal, which denied the use of interim measures to seize money from the spouse of a debtor who had incurred subsidiary liability, and refused to ban the registration of real estate and vehicles in the name of the spouse. The refusal was motivated by the…
03.03.2020