OREANDA-NEWS Funds of foreign agents can be debited from a special ruble account for its servicing by the bank, the corresponding draft government decree is published on the portal of draft regulatory legal acts.

"To determine that funds can be debited from a special ruble account if commissions are paid to an authorized bank designated by the Government of the Russian Federation "On Control over the Activities of Persons under Foreign Influence" for servicing the specified account," the document says.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on crediting income from the sale and rental of real estate, vehicles, as well as dividends and interest on deposits and income from the use of intellectual property to special accounts of foreign agents.

The initiative was submitted to the State Duma in November 2024. Within the framework of the law, it is proposed to introduce a special procedure for remuneration and other payments to foreign agents from the use of intellectual property and brand results. The law also proposes that income from creative activities be credited to a special ruble account, the opening of which will become mandatory for foreign agents. At the same time, only one special account can be opened in the name of a foreign agent. According to the documents, foreign agents will be able to dispose of funds from a special account only after the cancellation of this status. The authors of the project note that if a foreign agent does not open a special account on his own, then the one who transfers the fees to him will be obliged to do so.

Funds are debited from a special account for the obligations of a foreign agent in the event of collection of these funds to the budgets of the budgetary system of the Russian Federation and in other cases established by the Government of the Russian Federation.

The foreign agent is also obliged to inform about the existence of this status to those who must pay him remuneration and other payments, including fines and penalties, in connection with the alienation or use of the exclusive right to the result of intellectual activity or a means of individualization.

In case of exclusion of a foreign agent from the register, the special account must be closed by an authorized bank on the basis of an application from a person previously recognized as a foreign agent within 15 calendar days from the date of receipt of the said application. In this case, the balance of funds from a special account, at the request of a person previously recognized as a foreign agent, is given to him or transferred to his other bank account.