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On 1 June 2001, the Federal Constitutional Statute "On a State of Emergency" # 3-FKZ entered into force. A Presidential decree will declare a state of emergency if the constitutional rights of citizens and state security are threatened. Such a decree must be approved by the Council of the Federation, the higher chamber of the Federal Assembly. The President may introduce a state of emergency in the whole territory of the Russian Federation or in certain parts of it. The Act establishes a list of extraordinary circumstances, which require special measures and temporary restrictions to protect citizens'...

On 10 July 2001 the Statute "On Restriction of Tobacco Smoking" was signed into force by the President of the Russian Federation. Article 7 of the Statute imposes a ban on showing smoking in television films, movies and plays, which are produced after the statute enters into force, if smoking is not an essential part of an art concept. Public figures and politicians shall not be shown smoking in the mass media. The Statute enters into force in six months after being published.

On 4 August 2001, the Russian President signed an addendum to the Mass Media Statute of 1991. The Statute entered into force in 9 August 2001. The new article (191) concerns foreign citizens, stateless persons, those with dual citizenship, as well as foreign legal entities and Russian legal entities of which more than fifty percent of the capital is held by foreign legal entities. These persons and entities shall be prohibited from founding TV broadcasting companies if they cover more than half of Russian population or half of its provinces. In addition, selling shares in TV broadcasting organizations,...

On 11 April 2001, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation considered in public proceedings a complaint lodged by the Kostroma city telephone network against the Government of the Russian Federation. The complainant alleged that article 4.2 of the Regulation of the Government of the Russian Federation " On Licensing of Activities in the Communications Sector " of 5 June 1994 # 642 conflicted with the Federal Statute "On Licensing of Certain Kinds of Activities" of 25 September 1998 #158-FS; thereby infringing the complainant's rights. In fact, while the impugned article stipulated that the...

On 1 March 2001, the Russian Ministry of Finance issued a decree concerning the taxation of advertising. The new tax schedule provides that the total amount of actual advertising expenses to be included for purposes of taxation in the prime cost of production (production costs, costs of materials and labour, which are not subject to profit taxes) shall not exceed a maximum rate of 7.5 percent; previously the amount was 5 percent. That means that a company can now spend 50 percent more money on advertising without additional tax. The Decree came into force on 1 April 2001.