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• The night Ukrainian drones exposed gaps in Moscow’s defenses and state TV gave it 60 seconds

  Editor’s Note: Ukrainian drone strikes near Moscow exposed more than gaps in Russia’s air defenses; they revealed how quickly kinetic disruption, supply-chain risk, cyber operations, and state narrative control can converge into a single operational picture. Grounded in the Institute for the Study of War’s May 17, 2026, Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, this analysis gives...

• EU’s 20th Russia Sanctions Package: Key Changes and Compliance Implications

  The EU’s 20th Russia sanctions package introduces new restrictions and compliance considerations affecting trade, finance, and enforcement across member states.

• EU Adopts Additional Sanctions Against Russia and Belarus & UK Adopts Sanctions End-Use Controls

  On 23 April 2026, the Council of the European Union adopted a new package of economic sanctions against Russia, marking the twentieth sanctions package introduced since the start of Russia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine. Click here to read the full alert on cov.com.

• Training an AI Model on Personal Data and GDPR: What Did the EDPB Say?

  The digital era is our reality, in which the integration of artificial intelligence is gaining ever greater momentum. Are you planning to develop an AI model to optimize business processes and services? Among a number of legal questions, the protection of personal data that will be used for the development and implementation of such models...

• Deadlock Broken: EU Adopts 20th Russia Sanctions Package

  The EU has adopted its 20th package of sanctions in connection with Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine, resolving a prolonged internal political deadlock that had been caused by vetoes from Hungary and Slovakia. The package amends Regulations 833/2014, 269/2014, and 765/2006 and the respective Council Decisions and Implementing Regulations. The texts entered into force on...

• From warning to funding: Russia’s expanding media machine and the risk signals ahead

  Editor’s Note: Russia is spending more on government media in 2026 than in any year since the full-scale war in Ukraine began. The 2026 draft federal budget allocates the equivalent of $1.78 billion—about 28 percent above the 2021 baseline, according to UACRISIS and United24 Media analyses—even as U.S. and European authorities have built out a...

• 5 Clauses That Must Be in Every Terms of Use

  In today’s digital world, where mobile applications and online platforms have become an integral part of everyday life, the issues of security and transparency in the online space are becoming increasingly relevant. From social media to work tools and online shopping — all of this has been made possible by countless mobile applications and platforms....

• EU’s 20th Sanctions Package on Russia

  On 23 April 2026, the EU adopted its 20th package of sanctions against Russia. These measures are contained in (i) Council Regulation (EU) 2026/506 (see here), (ii) Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/509 (see here), and (iii) Council Regulation (EU) 2026/511 (see here), as published in the Official Journal of the EU. The latest package introduces...

• OFAC Amends Russia General Licenses Related to Lukoil

  On April 14, 2026, the Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended two general licenses to continue authorizing limited transactions under previous sanctions involving Russia’s Lukoil operations. Russia-related General License 128C, “Authorizing Certain Transactions Involving Lukoil Retail Service Stations Located Outside of Russia.” This amended general license extends until October 29, 2026, all...

• The Veto Is Gone: Hungary’s Election Upends EU-Ukraine Cyber Defense and Data Sovereignty Dynamics

  Editor’s Note: This new article draws heavily on the Institute for the Study of War’s April 13 Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, which documented the strategic consequences of Orban’s defeat for Moscow’s position in Europe, alongside Bloomberg, the Washington Post, Euronews, and other primary sources. Peter Magyar’s landslide victory strips Russia of a key institutional ally...

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• Immigrant of the Day: Katherine Esau (Russia)

  Katherine Esau (1898–1997). a botanist, was born in Yekaterinoslav, Russian Empire (now Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) to a family of Mennonites of German descent. After the Russian Revolution, her family moved to Germany, and then to California, where she earned her doctorate in 1931. Esau was a...

• Russian Federation Accedes to Antibribery Convention (Россия присоединилась к Конвенции по борьбе с коррупцией)

  On February 1, 2012 Russia ratified the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions (the Convention)   The Convention was adopted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 1997. It provides that signatories...

• New Russian legislation requires local storage of citizens’ personal data

  President Putin recently signed Federal Law No. 242-FZ (the “Law”) which amends Russia’s 2006 data protection statute and primary data security law (Laws 152-FZ and 149-FZ), to require domestic data storage of Russian citizens’ personal data. The Law will allow the websites that do not comply to be ...

• Duma Votes to Accelerate Implementation Date of Russian Data Localization Bill By A Year

  In July this year, Russia enacted Law 242-FZ (the “Localization Law”).  The Localization Law amends the Russian Federal Law on Information, Information Technology and Information Protection, and would introduce a new requirement for certain businesses (including in particular those processing data...

• Russian Regulator Publishes Data Localization Clarifications One Month Before Sept. 1 Effective Date, Plus Other Developments

  In September 2015 the Russian Data Localization Law will come into force, requiring organizations that collect personal data from individuals located in Russia to store that data within Russian territory. In this blog post, we summarize recent developments on how the law will be applied, including...

• Russia’s Primary Social Network in Hot Water Again Over Failure to Police Infringement

  Russia’s Facebook, vKontakte, is under fire for its allegedly poor handling of pervasive copyright infringement on its platform (literally translated from Russian, “v kontakte” means “in contact”). The Association for the Protection of Copyright on the Internet, or AZAPO, has sued vKontakte in...

• Moscow Court Upholds Ruling to Block LinkedIn in Russia for Non-Compliance with Data Localization Law

  In a case with major significance for foreign online businesses that do business in Russia, on Thursday, 10 November the Moscow City Court sustained a lower court ruling that granted the request of the Russian Data Protection Authority to block access to social network LinkedIn within Russian...

• Russia cracks down on shareholders and management who cause company insolvency

  The insolvency of companies in Russia is often caused by the negligent or illegal actions of their shareholders and/or management. The Russian Federal Law on Insolvency has been amended to introduce stricter rules on “controlling persons,” which increases their liability for the damage caused to...

• Russia: Main Takeaways from Roskomnadzor’s Open Doors Day

  Recently, the Russian Data Privacy Authority, Roskomnadzor, organized an Open Doors Day in honor of the International Data Privacy Day. During the occasion, Roskomnadzor officers presented on the authority’s 2017 enforcement activities. They followed this presentation with an open question and...

• Information on Filed Applications for Registration of Drugs has Become Publicly Available in Russia

  Under the Federal Law “On drugs circulation” (Law), information on state registration of drugs in Russia shall be publicly available. Pursuant to Art. 37(1) of the Law, MoH-s obligation is to disclose information regarding all filed applications for drug registration on its official website. For a...