List of "unfriendly" countries

We frequently refer to "unfriendly" and "friendly" jurisdictions.

This classification is crucial for various procedures related to depository receipts (DRs), shares, dividends and many other topics. such as type "C" depot and bank accounts, transactions with the converted shares, etc. The official list of "unfriendly states" is established by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 430-r dated March 5, 2022. 

List of "Unfriendly" States: 

  1. EU-States
  2. Albania
  3. Andorra
  4. Australia
  5. The Bahamas
  6. Canada
  7. Iceland
  8. Japan
  9. Liechtenstein
  10. Micronesia
  11. Monaco
  12. Montenegro
  13. New Zealand
  14. North Macedonia
  15. Norway
  16. Republic of Korea
  17. San Marino
  18. Singapore
  19. Switzerland
  20. Taiwan 
  21. Ukraine
  22. United States of America
  23. United Kingdom, including its Crown Dependencies (the Isle of Man, Guernsey, and Jersey) and British Overseas Territories: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, other territories. 

Persons from these countries face specific rules and various restrictions of the special Russian legislation, which is being applied starting from Spring 2022. 

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