On 22 April 2015 Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev approved the legalisation of parallel imports for a number of goods. Medvedev said that the transition to the international principle of exhaustion of rights could be 'an important anti-crisis measure' and continued: '[It] will result in the legalization of so-called parallel import and make it possible to import goods into our [Russian Federation] country under the relevant trade mark, by any importer, not only the owner of the trademark or its official distributor. Therefore, the goods can be purchased in third countries, where it is cheaper to import them into our territory without the consent of the manufacturer or the right holder. Naturally, this could affect the prices towards their reduction...'.
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