The law on counter -sanctions is approved by the Council of People's Commissars

The Council of People's Commissars approved the law on counter -sanctions against the United States and the countries that supported American anti -Russian measures. This was reported on the website of the upper house.

The decision was made unanimously.

Now the document must enter the signature of Vladimir Putin.

The State Duma adopted the law on May 22 . In the final edition of the document, six "measures of influence (opposition) on unfriendly actions" were transferred, which the government has the right to introduce by decision of the president.

The first of these measures is the cessation or suspension of cooperation with "unfriendly foreign states" and organizations in their jurisdiction. The second and third measures are the ban on the import of raw materials from Russia, respectively, with these countries and organizations. The fourth is a ban or restriction on the execution by firms from the "unfriendly states" of certain types of work. The fifth measure is a ban or restriction for these companies, as well as individuals - citizens of "unfriendly states" for operations with state and municipal property in Russia.

Finally, the sixth paragraph admits "other measures in accordance with the decision of the President of the Russian Federation."

Determination of the lists of types of raw materials for paragraphs 2, 3 and types of work for paragraph 4 is entrusted to the government.

Organizations from the "unfriendly states" in the law are called structures, "directly or indirectly controlled by unfriendly foreign states or affiliated with them."

In the previous edition of the document, they also equated structures in which these organizations are directly or indirectly, through third parties, they own a share of more than 25 percent. After criticism of the Ministry of Finance, this norm was removed.

Initially, the draft law contained an extensive list of specific measures. In particular, it was about the restriction of or banning the work of American firms in the audit and consulting services market, the termination or restriction of the import of equipment and computer programs from the United States and the Sovereign countries, the ban on the import of drugs, with the exception of those that are not produced in Russia and countries that do not fall under sanctions, restricting the right of US citizens and the countries of the Sovereigns to work in Russia, and the right to vest Russian enterprises. Produce goods using technologies developed in the United States and Sanizer countries without the permission of their copyright holders.

However, the presence in the document of the list of specific measures caused discontent in the Kremlin . It was claimed that the presidential administration said that in such an edition the document is harmful not to American, but to Russian firms. By the second reading, which passed on May 17, all specifics were excluded from the bill as possible .

Initially, simultaneously with the bill on counter -sanctions, the State Duma intended to accept the document related to it - the draft of Article 284.2 of the Criminal Code (assistance in the introduction and execution of foreign sanctions). In the initial edition of the project, part 1 of this article provides for up to 4 years of the colony for following foreign sanctions, if these actions or inaction "entailed a restriction or refusal to perform ... ordinary business transactions or transactions," and part 2 - up to 3 years to perform the introduction of sanctions, in particular for "providing recommendations that led or could lead to the introduction of the measures of the limiting limitations character ".

However, the document was criticized by both the presidential administration and the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs and Banking Structures. After that, the bill, which had already passed the first reading, was decided to discuss additionally.

On Saturday, it was reported that part 1 from the project of Article 284.2 is supposed to be excluded by introducing an article instead of following sanctions in the Code of Administrative Offenses. On charges of promoting the introduction of sanctions , it is still supposed to be punished in criminal order .