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Beginning on 1 February 2024, hosting providers operating in Russia must obtain state registration. The recent amendments aim to strengthen state supervision over the hosting services. These rules may affect international IT businesses engaging Russian hosting providers.

The article is devoted to the current situation on intellectual property protection in Russia.

From March 2024, the procedure for the VAT payment on electronic services when such services are provided by a taxpayer from one Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) country to a client from another EAEU country will change significantly.

Anna Degtyareva, Olga Kotsyubalska, and Arman Sauganbayev of Gorodissky & Partners provide a comparative analysis for the protection of plant and animal varieties and breeding materials through patents granted for selection achievements in their respective jurisdictions.

This article refers to a recent copyright dispute in which a Deepfake technology (a form of AI) was applied to create a videoclip. The court found  copyright infringement, although the defendant believed that the video should not enjoy copyright protection as it was a result of AI.