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2025: Computers and smartphones confiscated during an administrative violation will now be transferred to the ownership of the regions of the Russian Federation

On February 5, 2025, a federal law comes into force, according to which confiscated property that was an instrument of commission or the subject of an administrative offense is subject to conversion to the ownership of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation at its location. Such property, among other things, includes smartphones and computers.

The explanatory note to the law states that the highest executive body of the constituent entity of the Russian Federation, which owns such property, will be responsible for the assessment, storage and sale of confiscated property. Various categories of goods (for example, household appliances and food products with an expired shelf life in the original packaging) can be promptly used for their intended (intended) purpose, including for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the population. This approach is said to minimize or eliminate the cost of storing confiscated products.

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The implementation of the bill will lead to replenishment of the budgets of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, which will have a positive effect on the balance of the budget system, the authors of the document emphasize.

The implementation of the bill, as noted, will not entail socio-economic, financial and other consequences, including for subjects of entrepreneurial and other economic activity. The list of confiscated property that will be transferred to the ownership of the regions of the Russian Federation is determined by order of the Government of the Russian Federation of September 12, 2024 No. 2503-r. It includes:

• Phones (smartphones), computer and household appliances and their components;
• Perfume, cosmetic products and household chemicals;
• Food and agriculture products;
• Printed and other printing products;
• Medicinal products and medical equipment;
• Furniture, interior items and other household products;
• Packaging.^[1]

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