Since June 1 of this year, the Registry of Beneficial Owners became available to the public in Cyprus.

As a reminder, a beneficial owner is any natural person who ultimately owns or controls a company. As a rule, the ownership share directly or indirectly must be above 25% + 1 share. If the beneficial owner cannot be identified, he or she is recognized as the manager.

Previously, only competent and law enforcement agencies, such as the Anti-Money Laundering Unit, Cyprus Police, Central Bank, etc. had access to the registry.

Philip Kirkorov announced plans to build a shopping and entertainment complex in the Leningrad region at SPIEF-2022.

The Government of Leningrad region writes that the corresponding agreement was signed by the Governor of Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko and the founders of OOO "Stroitelnye Reshenie" (ООО "Строительные решения" in Russian, "construction solutions" - translation into English) - Philip Kirkorov and Mikhail Barakin.

Getting ahead of ourselves, we could not find such a company in the ...

Sultan Khamzaev, a deputy and a member of the Russian parliamentary committee on security and anti-corruption, put forward an initiative to create a register of "unreliable legal entities, brands, trademark owners".

According to the deputy, this registry should include companies that have stopped (suspended) their operations in Russia for political reasons.

Foreign companies that decide to resume their activities in Russia are proposed to impose additional taxes and oblige them to create some kind of security deposit.

Rospatent (Russia) received an application for registration of the trademark "Uncle Vanya" (in russian - Дядя Ваня) from OOO "Russian Field-Logistic" (ООО "Русское Поле-Логистик").

Which is very reminiscent of the logo of a famous fast food chain. But, as it turned out, it wasn't the only one.

We have described the chronology of events that preceded the appearance of the trademark application and...