Access to socially significant sites

From December 1, free access to socially important sites will be provided. 

The list of those available even with a zero balance will include Internet resources of government agencies and local governments, state non-budgetary funds of the Russian Federation, as well as the "Gosuslugi" portal.

Other socially significant sites are determined by a special government commission.

The experiment on free access to socially significant sites started on April 1, 2020.

Participants on a voluntary basis are Rostelecom, MTS, Vimpelcom, Megafon and ER-Telecom Holding.

The list of sites prepared by the Ministry of Digital Science includes about 390 names.

In addition, from December 1, only Russian legal entities can be the owners or other owners of communication lines crossing the state border of the Russian Federation.

Along with this, telecom operators are required to check in the Unified Identification and Authentication System information about corporate subscribers, which is entered there by legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.

Pre-trial blocking of misleading websites

From this date, pre-trial blocking of sites that deceive citizens in matters of financial services is also introduced.

We are talking about advertising pyramid schemes, as well as resources that mislead users due to the similarity of domain names, design or content with real financial institutions and persons offering financial services that are not entitled to provide them.

“There will be an opportunity to extrajudicially block sites that lure money and then disappear.

The decision will make it possible to promptly suppress the activities of resources advertising financial pyramids, ”said Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma, explaining the essence of the upcoming changes.

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Liability for counterfeit means of identification for marking goods

From December 1, amendments to parts one and three of Article 171.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation come into force.

From this date, liability is introduced for the use of knowingly counterfeit means of identification for marking goods.

The measure is introduced along with the already established responsibility for the production, acquisition, storage, transportation for the purpose of marketing or marketing of goods and products without marking and (or) applying information provided for by the legislation of the Russian Federation.

Pilot project of the medical salary system

Also, on December 1, a pilot project for the implementation of a new remuneration system in the healthcare sector will be launched.

The system will operate in the Belgorod, Kurgan, Omsk, Orenburg and Tambov regions, in Sevastopol and Yakutia.

At the time of the experiment, the salaries of medical workers will be calculated according to the new rules, which take into account the coefficient of differentiation depending on the complexity of work, as well as indicators of the economic development of the region.

As conceived by the Cabinet of Ministers, the new mechanism will make it possible to equalize the situation with the salaries of doctors, as well as to avoid a shortage of personnel in one region and an overabundance in another.

Bank accounts and social security

On December 1, certain provisions of the rules for the transfer by citizens to EGISSO of the details of their bank accounts and their use for the provision of social protection measures (support) and social benefits come into force.

The transfer is carried out using the "Gosuslugi" portal.

Banks integrated with it will be able to transfer information about open and closed accounts.

In this case, the citizen must give the bank consent to the use of their details, which can be done, including through the "State Services" portal.

Ministry of Emergency Situations and fire safety

In order to improve the quality of work in the field of fire safety, the Emergencies Ministry of Russia will be empowered from December 9 to carry out certification for the right to design means to ensure this parameter for buildings and structures in operation.

At the same time, the licensing body of the Ministry of Emergency Situations received the right to suspend the license in the event of repeated or gross violation of license requirements.

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Power of attorney register

At the end of the month, on December 29, the Federal Notary Chamber will start keeping a register of orders to revoke not only notarial powers of attorney, but also those that were issued in a simple form.

It is expected that this solution will help to combat counterfeit powers of attorney.

Anyone can get an extract from the register.

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Fingerprint registration of foreigners

From December 29, foreigners entering Russia for a period of more than 90 calendar days will have to undergo fingerprint registration, photographing and medical examination.

As part of a medical examination, it will be necessary to confirm the absence of HIV infection and infectious diseases that pose a danger to others, as well as drug addiction.

All procedures must be completed within 90 days from the date of entry into the Russian Federation, and for foreigners coming to Russia to work, within 30 days.

Minimum balance and "ticks" in loan agreements

From December 30, banks will not be able to include in the loan agreement conditions that oblige the borrower to have a minimum balance on the account to pay off the next payment.

Along with this, citizens will be able to refuse additional services imposed when concluding a credit or loan agreement within 14 days.

In addition, the lender will be prohibited from affixing consent to the loan terms for the borrower without his own handwritten signature.

The State Duma believes that this decision will make it possible to combat the imposition of additional services, since it will prohibit putting down marks in the agreement for the borrower, meaning his agreement with the proposed conditions.