The Federal Law on amendments to the article 6 of the Federal Law “On Foreign Investments in Russian Federation” and the Federal Law “On the Procedure of Foreign Investments in Companies Having Strategic Significance for the Preservation of National Defense and State Security” (hereinafter – the “Law”) was passed in the second reading by the State Duma on 1 November 2011. The Law simplifies the control procedure over foreign investments into the Russian strategic enterprises.