New legislation in the Russian Federation will take effect on September 1, 2015. It will require any database, which is used to collect data about Russian citizens, to be located in Russia. 
Every organization doing business in Russia should prepare for implementation of the new legislation.
Compliance with the law
In order to comply with Federal Law 242-FZ, we are already in the process of setting up physical servers in Russia to collect and store the personal data of our clients who are Russian citizens.
More information
Our regulatory and compliance alert contains an introduction to the law and its compliance requirements, as well as important information for all Crown clients with offices or staff in the Russian Federation. Read the regulatory and compliance alert.