Stolen car keys VW files criminal complaint against Greenpeace

Status: 23.06.2021 3:09 p.m.

A Greenpeace campaign in which 100 stolen VW keys were brought to the Zugspitze has legal consequences: the Volkswagen Group has filed a criminal complaint against the environmental protection organization. Around a month after the Greenpeace campaign against Volkswagen in the port of Emden, the car manufacturer took action and filed a criminal complaint against Greenpeace. “We do not tolerate any violations of the law”said a VW spokeswoman in Emden. However, she emphasized that VW was still interested in a dialogue with the environmental protection organization. The criminal complaint suggests a change of heart among the Wolfsburgers: Initially, they reacted surprisingly moderately to the Greenpeace campaign at the end of May and initially waived a criminal complaint.

First of all, understanding and loose tweets

In order to protest against what they considered to be the slow change to electromobility at VW, the activists climbed over a fence onto a loading area in the port of Emden and removed the ignition keys from unlocked cars that were ready for shipping overseas. Shortly afterwards, the organization brought the keys to a glacier on the Zugspitze in Bavaria. There she was supposed to pick up VW boss Herbert Diess after her introduction.

Instead of directly filing a criminal complaint, Diess replied loosely on Twitter: “Gladly Zugspitze, but today I can’t manage anymore – I don’t want to use the plane. Coming soon in good weather?” And VW brand boss Ralf Brandstätter expressed understanding in a detailed comment on the action on his LinkedIn profile that “change is not going fast enough for many”.

Investigations are already running ex officio

Theft as part of the climate debate culture? The public prosecutor and the police had already seen it a little differently before the change of heart at VW: They are already investigating ex officio against around a dozen activists on charges of trespassing and particularly serious theft. In order to initiate criminal prosecution, today’s criminal complaint from VW would no longer have been necessary.

Investigations also after Greenpeace action at the EM

Last week, a Greenpeace campaign directed against VW failed at the German national soccer team’s first EM game. Shortly before the game against France kicked off, a paramotor plane staggered over the Munich arena and finally landed on the field. He came dangerously close to the audience, two men had to be hospitalized because of their injuries.

Numerous politicians condemned the action in the strongest possible terms. The police are investigating various offenses under the Criminal Code and the Aviation Act

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Housing market Tax tricks with Interest settlements

Status: 06/17/2021 10:42 a.m.

Financial investors speculate with billions on the German housing market, but hardly pay taxes – thanks to a legal trick. The federal government wanted to close this loophole. But loud monitor – Research won’t come of it.

By Lutz Polanz and Jan Schmitt, WDR

“Behind this house is an American company, the trail of the owners leads via Luxembourg to the Cayman Islands” , tells Coni Pfeiffer, activist and spokeswoman for the # 200Houses network. Tenants from Berlin have come together to defend themselves against the conversion of their apartments into expensive condominiums and the greed of financial corporations. It is similar with the other houses on the opposite side, explains Pfeiffer. Here the trail of investors leads to tax havens such as Gibraltar or the Virgin Islands. The Berlin real estate market has long since become an Eldorado for major investors who want to remain anonymous. The official owners are companies with names such as Magenta Properties S.à.rl or Berlin Project-1 Property III S.à.rl The names often conceal complex corporate structures with a whole chain of companies. In the end, they lead to well-known tax havens, for example in the Caribbean.

Interest trick to save taxes

The elaborate company structures apparently also serve to avoid paying taxes to the German tax authorities. A completely legal interest trick helps the companies: The parent companies lend money to their subsidiaries who own the houses and land in Germany. In return, they charge them high internal interest rates – much higher than they would otherwise have to pay at banks. The interest payments of the subsidiaries reduce the profit in Germany and thus the taxes that would have to be paid here.

“The profits go to countries in which no tax is levied on interest income”, explains Gerhard Schick, board member of “Citizens’ Movement Finanzwende”. “Thanks to these high interest payments, it is practically possible to push the income abroad, so that in Germany you can tell the tax office that we have actually not earned any money, but that the profit is generated abroad.”

Billions are being lost to the Treasury

“Every year the German state loses five to seven billion euros as a result of the interest rate trick”, adds Christoph Trautvetter from “Network tax justice”.

So far, the tax authorities have been able to do next to nothing about it. There is no corresponding legal regulation. Specialists have been calling for them for years, for example Manfred Naumann, an expert in international tax law and head of department in the Federal Ministry of Finance for many years: “I am frustrated that the legislature and the Federal Ministry of Finance are unable to find such a regulation”, said Naumann in an interview with the ARD -Magazine monitor . For him the state wears one “complicity” because financial resources run into the billions “flow untaxed”. Proposals for such a regulation have long been on the table. Accordingly, the interest rate would always be used as a benchmark at which a group can borrow money from the bank. Demanding higher interest rates internally would only be possible if the group can justify it well. That would be a kind of reversal of the burden of proof, which experts believe would prevent a large part of the tax damage.

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The Federal Ministry of Finance under Olaf Scholz (SPD) had proposed precisely such a new regulation in a draft law. But the CDU / CSU parliamentary group intervened and the corresponding passage was deleted from the draft. The Federal Council then made a new attempt to resume the regulation. But this was also thrown out at the instigation of the Union.

“Braking measures against money laundering, aggressive tax avoidance and tax evasion by the CDU / CSU has a long tradition”, criticizes Sven Giegold from the Greens in the European Parliament. However, he is also surprised that the SPD did not protest against it.

The Union faction wanted to get up monitor -Do not answer the request. The Federal Ministry of Finance, led by Scholz, is now apparently at a distance from its original approach. Corresponding changes “should ideally be coordinated internationally”, it says in a response from the ministry to a request from monitor .

Now the match ball lies with the Federal Council. He wants to decide at the end of June whether to call the mediation committee or wave the law through with the loophole

BGH on Legal Tech When the software replaces the lawyer

Status: 06/17/2021 6:46 a.m.

Anyone who wants to draw up an individual contract goes to a lawyer. That’s how it was before. In the meantime, however, this can also be done online, without legal assistance. The BGH is now examining whether this is permissible. What are the sticking points?

By Kerstin Anabah and Pia Brandsch-Böhm

What is the specific case about?

The publisher Wolters Kluwer offers the legal document generator “Smartlaw”. With the help of the software, private individuals and companies can create and then purchase individual legal documents, such as rental agreements. To do this, customers have to answer 30 to 40 questions. The whole thing was “modeled on the conversation with the lawyer”, according to the original advertisement.

Wolters Kluwer is not admitted to the bar and is not licensed to provide legal services. The Hamburg Bar Association has therefore sued the publisher (Az. I ZR 113/20). She sees the Legal Tech offer as an anti-competitive violation of the Legal Services Act. It regulates who is allowed to provide legal services – for example lawyers or debt collection companies.

How have the courts decided so far?

The Cologne Regional Court gave the Bar Association in law. It saw in the contract generator a violation of the Legal Services Act. Wolters Kluwer appealed against this to the Cologne Higher Regional Court – with success. According to the Cologne Higher Regional Court, this is not a legal service, as there is no human (service) performance. The documents would be created by software. There is no customer contact because the customer operates the software himself. In addition, no legal examination of the individual case is necessary, since the program runs according to a fixed routine and a situation is only inserted into a given grid.

Have there already been judgments in similar cases?

As early as 2019, the Federal Court of Justice ruled on a legal aid program in the ruling on “kleineermiete.de”. At that time the question was whether a rental price calculator represents a collection or a legal service. With this online calculator, customers could see by entering their data whether they were paying too much rent and immediately defend themselves against it. For this purpose, the program directly commissioned the company behind it to enforce the rights. The BGH has declared this rental price calculator to be permissible.

How the first civil senate decides in the case of the contract generator is open. The industry for such offers is booming. The ruling is therefore likely to be another important step towards greater legal certainty.

Accordingly, relevant traders, organizations and individuals actively organize promotional activities, coordinate and participate in program activities to ensure compliance with the law and protect their interests. consumer legitimacy; innovate, diversify forms of promotion, well organize sales promotion activities to serve people on traditional and e-commerce channels, strictly comply with the provisions of law. Promotion activities within the framework of the program will be applied with a maximum limit of the value of goods and services used for promotion and the maximum discount for goods and services to be promoted is 100%. The specialized departments of the Department of Industry and Trade actively inform and guide organizations and individuals in the province to participate in the program. People’s Committees of districts, towns and cities shall coordinate in propagating and promoting the program at the headquarters, website of the unit and on local media; actively coordinate with the Department of Industry and Trade, the Provincial Market Management Department and relevant units to monitor, inspect and handle goods of poor quality, goods of unknown origin, goods infringing upon intellectual property rights. , violations of local promotions, ensuring consumer interests… FIRE

According to Deputy Minister of Justice Nguyen Thanh Tinh, head of the steering committee of the program to vote and honor the “Legal Example”, the “Legal Mirror” poll is an activity to honor and honor outstanding individuals. in building and enforcing the law, thereby spreading good images, heroic examples and sacrifices of citizens, cadres and civil servants in the cause of building a socialist rule of law state. Vietnamese meaning. Voting and honoring outstanding individuals in the formulation and implementation of the law in order to diversify forms of legal propaganda, dissemination and education; improve the effectiveness of law propaganda by building typical individuals, typical figures in law making and implementation, spreading the spirit of rule of law, living and working according to the Constitution and the law. . “Legal example” will be honored on Vietnam Law Day (November 9). Voting results are made objectively and publicly based on voting records and voting criteria. The voting committee will unanimously select on the basis of records and titles of individuals selected for the final list. Dr. Dao Van Hoi, Head of the Organizing Committee, Editor-in-Chief of the Vietnam Law Newspaper, said that the subjects for the vote were civil servants, public employees, employees in State agencies, armed forces, enterprises and employees. People who have made achievements and are considered and awarded titles and awards by the agencies where they work, the State agencies in charge of the sectors or fields or by political organizations, socio-political organizations, and socio-professional organizations. at provincial, city or higher levels for efforts and contributions in the process of performing tasks. Individuals residing in Vietnam whose specific actions and jobs are positive, set an example, and contributed to the process of building and organizing and implementing the law, which have been recognized by State agencies and major organizations. The socio-economic and professional society rewards for achievements, which have positive implications for the formulation and organization of law enforcement. Individuals living in Vietnam have acted heroically and sacrificed in the defense of the law; protect the legitimate rights and interests of agencies, organizations and communities, and are proposed by agencies, organizations and enterprises to consider and honor the Law’s example in recognition of their courage, faith and hope. born for the cause of building and implementing the law; contribute to spreading the spirit of rule of law and noble human values ​​in society. The list of voting council consists of 11 members The Voting Council is a collective consisting of reputable individuals representing State agencies, socio-political organizations, and socio-professional organizations established by the Organizing Committee to conduct the voting. The title of Mirror of the Law. Based on the voting results of the Voting Council, the Organizing Committee will announce the list of organizations and individuals receiving titles and awards. 1. Mr. Tran Duc Vinh, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Law Newspaper, Chairman of the Council;
2. Mr. Le Ve Quoc, Director of the Department of Legal Dissemination and Education, Ministry of Justice, Vice Chairman of the Council;
3. Mr. Do Ngoc Thinh, Chairman of Vietnam Bar Federation, Member;
4. Mr. Ngo Sach Thuc, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Member;
5. Mr. Nguyen Huu Dot, Deputy Director of the Research – General Department, Central Committee for Emulation and Reward, Member;
6. Colonel Vu Huy Khanh, Deputy Director of the Department of Legal and Administrative and Judicial Reform, Ministry of Public Security, Member;
7. Colonel Nguyen Tien Ai, Deputy Head of Information and Press Department, Department of Propaganda and Training, General Department of Politics, Ministry of National Defense, Member;
8. Mr. Le Dinh Quang, Deputy Head of Policy and Law Department, Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, Member;
9. Mr. Phan Huu Minh, Member of Standing Committee, Head of Inspection Committee of Vietnam Journalists Association, Member;
10. Mr. Tran Van Quang, Deputy Head of Law Research, Development and Dissemination Department, Vietnam Bar Association, Member;
11. Ms. Phan Minh Thuy, Head, Legal Department, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Member,

Don’t advertise… dose In addition to participating in advertising on the mass media, some artists and celebrities also introduce products through livestreams on social networks. In addition to food supplements, they also accept advertisements for many products related to cosmetics, virtual currency… Recently, the public has been very upset with the fact that some artists have participated in advertising and hyped the public. Shioka effervescent tablets claim that the product can “dissolve fibroids, cysts”. After being criticized, some people had to apologize or silently delete promotional videos on their personal social networking sites. On the website of the Food Safety Department at vfa.gov.vn, people are constantly warned not to buy or use food products advertised in violation of the law, including Shioka effervescent tablets. as above. Recently, the Food Safety Department has sanctioned 3 violating companies (with addresses in Hanoi), specifically: Sanctioning Locifa Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company 162 million VND; Gob International Hi-Tech Joint Stock Company 150 million VND; Phamaco International Trading Company Limited 60 million VND. The violation committed by all three companies is to advertise misleading health food products that act as medicines. Assessing this situation, Assoc. Prof, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, Director of the Food Safety Department said: “Violations on advertising of dietary supplements are increasingly complicated even though we regularly check and handle them. The inspection and handling of infringing advertisements on the internet and social networks face many difficulties and take a long time. People need to raise their vigilance, when they have an illness, they should go to the hospital for early examination and treatment, do not arbitrarily buy drugs or floating advertising food products.” Lawyer Dang Van Cuong, Chief of the Law Office of Chinh Phap, Hanoi Bar Association said: “It is very normal for artists and celebrities to sign advertising contracts for brands and businesses to help them. have additional legitimate income. However, when participating in advertising, artists must be responsible and carefully study the legal regulations in order to advertise properly and bring positive effects. If an artist or celebrity accidentally or intentionally violates the provisions of the Law on Advertising, advertises prohibited products, goods or services, or performs prohibited acts in advertising or advertising without knowing If you clearly understand the use and value of the product, falsely advertise, etc., it will have very bad consequences for society and lose your reputation, and even be held responsible before the law.” Strictly handle violations Regarding this issue, recently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism issued Official Letter No. 1854/BVHTTDL-NTBD requesting localities to step up the propaganda, dissemination and education of the sense of law observance. the law on performing arts, advertising, and cyber security to organizations and individuals engaged in cultural and artistic activities. Strengthen inspection and examination, promptly detect, prevent and strictly handle organizations and individuals that violate the provisions of Decree No. 144/2020/ND-CP dated December 14- 2020 of the Government regulations on performing arts activities, the law on advertising and other relevant legal regulations… Lawyer Nguyen Van Thang, Hanoi Bar Association analyzed, according to the provisions of point a, clause 1, Article 10 of the Law on Protection of Consumer Rights, the act of advertising products is not verified for origin. The actual use and exaggeration of the product’s use of some artists in the past time can be considered as aiding and accompaniment to businesses providing products and services when “deceiving or confusing consumers”. through advertising”. This is prohibited behavior and should be strictly punished according to the regulations. If the violator has been administratively handled but still repeats the offense, he will be criminally handled. If the person providing the product or service is prosecuted for criminal liability, it is likely that the artists participating in the promotion and introduction will also be jointly responsible. “According to Article 8, the Law on Advertising 2012 (amended in 2018), the act of advertising improperly about the quality and utility of products and goods is strictly prohibited. Violators can be sanctioned for administrative violations, if this act causes harm to health and life, consumers can sue the manufacturer together with the person who has false advertising to prevent that. claim for damages. In addition, Article 197 of the Criminal Code Consolidation Document also clearly stipulates that anyone who falsely advertises goods or services has been administratively sanctioned for this act or has been convicted of a criminal offense. If this crime has not been remitted but still commits it, the offenders shall be subject to a fine of between VND 10 million and VND 100 million or non-custodial reform for up to 3 years. Offenders may also be fined from VND 5 million to VND 50 million, banned from practicing certain occupations or doing certain jobs for 1 to 5 years,” added lawyer Nguyen Van Thang. Talking to reporters, lawyer Le Van Len, Director of Capital Law Firm, Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association said: “The law on advertising still reveals many shortcomings and limitations, especially before the development of the law. development of the internet and social networks as well as influencer marketing (using influencers to advertise products and services). Therefore, along with strictly handling violators according to current regulations to deter and prevent, we must also continue to improve the provisions of the law on advertising to keep up with the development of the Internet. society”.

Accordingly, heated tobacco products are designated as tobacco products that reduce exposure to harmful substances to the body compared to cigarettes. This decision of the FDA is also a response to some concerns of governments around the world about the ability of products to reduce harm. In addition, other concerns were also answered by experts. The risk is lower than with cigarettes, higher than that of quitting To date, health authorities are concerned that the FDA’s decision to only allow products to be designated “reduced exposure” does not prove that heated tobacco products reduce the risk of disease to human health. use. In addition, some medical experts have made statements that contradict the FDA’s decision, saying that the product is not different from cigarettes. According to official information from the FDA, studies on heated tobacco have demonstrated that the aerosols produced by these products still contain high levels of harmful and potentially harmful ingredients, including formaldehyde. , acrolein, carbon monoxide; NNN and NNK (substances related to diseases caused by tobacco smoke) but significantly lower than the currently circulating combustible cigarettes. Specifically, depending on the type of substance, the average concentration in aerosol gas will be reduced from 55% to 99% compared to the smoke of cigarettes. At the same time, the FDA said that in the process of reviewing the records, FDA has consulted users. The results showed that users found that the risk of using these products was lower than that of smoking cigarettes. However, they are also fully aware that using this heated tobacco product carries a higher risk than quitting smoking or using nicotine replacement products. PGS.TS.BS. Tran Van Ngoc – Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Respiratory Association said that in logic, minimizing exposure will help reduce harm. Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Van Quang, Director of the Central Hospital for Cancer, also stated: “From the perspective of an oncologist, when a patient smokes, the greater the amount of carcinogens exposed, the higher the cancer risk. And for cigarettes, one thing is important: nicotine is not the cause of cancer caused by smoking, but the cause of cancer is the molecules in the smoke created by the combustion of cigarettes. leaves”. Low accessibility to young people The US FDA is a reputable health authority in the US as well as globally. Accordingly, protecting the young generation and people’s health is the top goal of FDA. Therefore, allowing a single heated tobacco product to be allowed access to the US market shows that they have done thorough research and considered carefully before making a decision. FDA Representative, Dr. Priscilla Callahan-Lyon affirmed that the FDA has carefully studied the issue of the product’s impact on young people. Accordingly, in terms of appearance, a heated cigarette is a rather large set of equipment, difficult to conceal and is not cheap, must be used with its own custom cigarette, and this product also does not contain attractive aromas. young. Not only in the US, in countries where this product is allowed to be sold, it is almost impossible for young people to access the product. In order to make a purchase, the buyer must go through a background check to ensure that the buyer is a smoker and is of legal age of majority in the country of origin. At the same time, although allowing this tobacco product to be commercialized, FDA also requires manufacturers to regularly update their sales and trade processes to ensure control of young people’s access to the product. This product is at its lowest. Meanwhile, compared to heated cigarettes, young people can easily buy cigarettes anywhere with as cheap as giving. On the other hand, in countries that allow the circulation of heated tobacco, the impact of this product on young people or new users is almost under control. Despite accounting for 85% of global sales of heated cigarettes, only 0.1% of middle and high school students in Japan use heated cigarettes daily, which is only one-fifth of the total. percentage of students smoking burned cigarettes. It is worth noting that the number of students using heated cigarettes is the same group of students who have used cigarettes before. According to an independent study of 7,000 teenagers in Germany, the number of people aged 12-17 who used a heated tobacco product in the 30 days before the survey was almost zero. One study Another independent study of more than 11,000 teenagers aged 11-15 years old in Switzerland also found that less than 2% had ever used heated tobacco, while the number of people who smoked lit cigarettes in this same age range increased. to over 33%. Need a plan to build a legal corridor According to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of the World Health Organization (WHO), which Vietnam has acceded to and entered into force in March 2005, in the definition under article 1, item (f) published on the website of the Foundation for Prevention of Tobacco Harms (Vinacosh) also clearly states: “tobacco products” means products which are wholly or partly derived from tobacco materials manufactured to for sucking, sucking, chewing or inhaling. The 8th Conference of the Parties (COP8) held by WHO at the end of 2018 also once again reiterated that heated tobacco is recognized as a tobacco product. From this definition and the COP8 guidelines, it can be seen that whether according to the definition of the 2012 Law on Drugs and Prevention of Vietnam, or within the definition of the WHO Framework Convention on FCTC 2005, heated tobacco is a products must be subject to the control of the current Law on Drug Prevention and Control. Lawyer Phan Hoang Lam, Law Firm DT LAW On the other hand, lawyer Phan Hoang Lam, DT LAW Law Firm, said that the Law on Prevention of Tobacco Harms 2012 defines “Tobacco is a product manufactured from all or part of medicinal ingredients. leaves, processed in the form of cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, pipe tobacco or other forms”. On this basis, heated tobacco is considered “tobacco” because it contains tobacco leaf ingredients, consistent with the concept of “tobacco” under the current legal provisions of Vietnam. Therefore, this drug is completely regulated by the National Drug Prevention and Control Law. According to Lawyer Lam, in order to manage smokeless tobacco products more effectively, Vietnam needs to consider international scientific bases to evaluate and compare the level of harm to the health of the drug. smokeless leaves compared to burned cigarettes. At the same time, with the function of State management, in order to create free and fair competition among manufacturers and products and protect the interests of consumers, protect public health, regulatory agencies The state should immediately come up with a plan to build a legal corridor for the production, circulation and control of these products.

Google’s domain in Argentina stopped working. Photo: Gonto. However, this domain name stopped working after Kuronã completed its transaction. Perhaps, Google accidentally forgot to renew the domain “google.com.ar” in this country, leading to the domain name becoming expired and listed for sale on nic.air. Kuronã’s actions are considered “cybersquatting”, acts that benefit themselves from the registration, acquisition and use of another person’s trademark, according to MercoPress . Google also quickly regained its domain, and everything worked properly after that. This incident became a hot topic on social networks when the Google domain name in Argentina could not work for nearly 3 hours and received a lot of criticism from users, according to MecroPress . Another Twitter user said that this problem arises because the NIC does not support domain auto-renewal. Google and NIC Argentina have yet to respond to the problem. Are Google search results still correct? Google’s search results are gradually dominated by too many ads, and also lead users to false information, fake brand.

Artwork – Time Radio Sputnik reported on April 22 that a man named Nicolas Kuronã accidentally discovered the domain name http://google.com.ar available on the registration page, so he immediately took this opportunity. Mr. Kuronã shared on Twitter personally: “I want to verify this, so I logged on to http://nic.ar (website of Argentina’s National Internet Domain Registrar. I noticed the domain name http) : //google.com.ar is available so I bought it legally! ”. According to local newspapers, Mr. Kuronã is said to have bought the area for 540 Pesos, or $ 5.79 USD. The above transaction of Mr. Kuronã is said to not affect the international domain of Google, ie “www.google.com”. How did Mr. Kuronã buy http://google.com.ar? According to Latin American regional news agency Merco Press, it is likely that Mr. Kuronã bought a Google domain name in Argentina at the brief moment between the expiration time and the renewal period of the domain name. Meanwhile, Google Argentina forgot to renew its domain name and most likely at the same time Kuronã quickly registered to buy. Kuronã’s above action is called “Cybersquatting” – the act of buying or occupying a domain name with the aim of profiting from the owner’s trademark. However, Mr. Kuronã’s ownership cannot last. The domain name in Argentina by Google was immediately restored after being personally purchased. However, users still complained about Google Argentina being shut down for about 3 hours and went to Twitter to express disappointment. “This is happening because http://nic.ar is too bad, doesn’t support automatic renewal or domain purchase for many years like most domain registrars in other countries,” one person said. world”. Meanwhile, another said: “Google was lucky because its domain name in Argentina did not fall into the hands of a professional domain usurper”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Accordingly, the Kremlin on April 23 said that Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on the application of measures to influence the bad actions of foreign countries. The statement from the Kremlin stated: “Mr. Vladimir Putin signed the decree on the application of response measures to foreign acts of bad will”. Specifically, Russia will limit the number of employees that can be recruited at diplomatic missions of countries that act inadvertent to Russia, the number of which exceeds the Russian government determined will be suspended . For this decree, diplomatic missions, consulates and offices of foreign government organizations acting unfriendly to Russia, Russian citizens or legal entities, will be faced with restricts, or even outright ban on, the use of Russian citizens. The Russian government is expected to identify a list of unfavorable foreign states and then adopt the countermeasures set up under the decree. Reportedly, the move above comes in the context of Russia and Western countries recently repeatedly expelled diplomats in the mutual diplomatic retaliation measures.

President Putin on April 23 signed a decree on measures to respond to “unfriendly actions” against Russia. Photo: Tass It is the task of the Russian government to determine the number of Russian individuals that can be recruited by foreign missions. Accordingly, labor contracts with individuals in excess of the number set by the Russian government, signed before the start of the decree, will be terminated, Tass reported. In addition, President Putin ordered the Government to make a list of countries taking action against Russia that are subject to a restriction order, requiring these countries to ensure control over the observance of the labor rights of Russian citizens in the school. their contract is terminated by ordinance. The Ordinance was introduced to protect the interests and security of Russia under federal law No. 281-FZ on “Special Economic and Enforcement Measures” dated December 30, 2006 and No127-FZ on ” Dealing with unfriendly actions of the US and some countries ”June 4, 2018 The Ordinance takes effect from the date it was officially announced.