Gifts of securities from spouses and close relatives in unfriendly states
Resident individuals may receive securities as a gift — or for up to RUB 1 — from spouses and close relatives who are persons of unfriendly states, without an individual permit.
What it says
A general permit under Government Resolution No. 295: resident individuals may enter into gratuitous transactions, and transactions for no more than RUB 1, under which they acquire ownership of securities transferred by individuals associated with unfriendly states, provided the parties are spouses or close relatives within the meaning of the Russian Family Code. No individual permit of the Government Commission under Decree No. 81 is then required.
The Ministry of Finance published a second extract with the same number, on loans and transfers by individuals: Extract No. 52/2.
Status, October 2026
In force.
Unofficial translation
Unofficial translation by BCA Unternehmensberatung UG. Only the Russian text is authoritative: Russian original on usd.bcaun.com · publication of the Ministry of Finance ↗. Lapse notes are editorial and not part of the extract.
EXTRACT
from the minutes of the meeting of the Sub-commission of the Government Commission for Control over Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation of 23 May 2022 No. 52/2
Moscow
Paragraph 1
1. Guided by paragraph 16 of the Rules for the Issue by the Government Commission for Control over Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation of Permits for the Purpose of Implementing Additional Temporary Economic Measures to Ensure the Financial Stability of the Russian Federation and of Other Permits Provided for by Individual Decrees of the President of the Russian Federation, approved by Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 295 of 6 March 2022 (the “Rules”), the Sub-commission of the Government Commission for Control over Foreign Investment in the Russian Federation unanimously decided to permit resident individuals to perform (execute) gratuitous transactions (operations), as well as transactions (operations) in an amount not exceeding 1 rouble, giving rise to ownership of securities alienated by individuals who are foreign persons associated with foreign states that commit unfriendly actions against Russian legal entities and individuals, provided that the parties to such transactions (operations) are spouses or close relatives within the meaning of the Family Code of the Russian Federation.
Certified true extract.
Deputy Minister of Finance of the Russian Federation
A.V. Moiseev