On May 21, 2025, the Edict of the President of the Republic of Belarus № 202 «On Enhancing the Role of Employers in the Field of External Labor Migration» (hereinafter – the Edict) was signed. The main provisions will come into effect on August 23, 2025.

Additional obligations have been established for employers hiring migrant workers for employment in the Republic of Belarus.

Foreign entities with a registered permanent establishment (for tax purposes) due to their business activities in the Republic of Belarus have less than a month left to decide on the future format of their operations in the country.

Is the installation of new equipment a technical modernization? How did the adoption of the Code on Architectural, Urban Planning and Construction Activities affect this issue?

Read the answer from the Senior Associate of Borovtsov & Salei Alexandra Kanishcheva on the page of the portal "Construction Activities and Law" at the link.

February 22, 2025 (following the official publication of the Law of the Republic of Belarus dated February 17, 2025, No. 62-Z), changes came into effect regarding the regulation of payments (monetary obligations) under lease agreements.

The new lease requirements affected a very wide range of highly demanded and widespread relations, gave rise to a lot of applied questions, the answers to which are based on interpretation. We, as legal consultants, expressed our point of view on some of them and are open to discussion.

Situations when the legislation does not provide a direct answer to the question, and the interpretation of the current regulatory provisions allows different interpretations.

Case analysis by Alexandra Kanischeva, Senior Associate at Borovtsov & Salei, on the page of the portal “Construction Activities and Law”. Read at the link.