The new changes to the “Guns law” will go into effect on March 9,2021. They will change the gun’ transport procedure from permissive to the notification type for Russian hunters who are going to EurAsEC countries (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan) and will facilitate gun’s import to Russia for foreign hunters.
In total the procedure for foreign hunters will stay the same. The hunters, who enter Russian Federation will have to get the gun’ permit issued by Rosgvardia. It has to be draw by the request on the inviting side - the Russian legal unity or a individual entrepreneur who has the hunting farm.
The key amendment of the law is the possibility to register the gun import permit not by the local outfitters only and by the location where they are registered but by their authorized representatives (agencies) by the location where they are registered. It helps the owners of hunting farms to expand their possibilities to use the help of other professional hunting agents to register all necessary permits to attracts hunting tourists.
I’d attract your attention to the fact that all hunting agents have to comply with the laws not only the “Guns law” but also the Advertising and touristic laws.
The last example is when the Profi Hunt company has published the ads about hunting in Sudan where guaranteed 100% of success.
https://kgo-club.ru/stati/item/ohota-v-sudane-s-profihant.html). We know about the situation in the country where all trophy hunts were prohibited there during the last years, the number of animals’ populations had reduced, the hunting agencies changed. Nowadays the foreign hunters can’t import and hunt with their own guns. The ads published on behalf of a non-existent legal entity mislead the hunters and affects the norms of administrative and criminal legislation. https://www.rusprofile.ru/id/4072627
That entity is not the outfitter and can't provide the financial support of responsibility https://tourism.gov.ru/operators/
In other words, the Russian hunting companies have two months to prepare for innovations, to sign the relevant agreements with hunting estates owners, to develop appropriate trips, and to prepare promotional materials for foreign hunters. The companies who advertise 100% success can use this time to check their compliance to the requirements of the legislation.
The professional organization of hunting expeditions and high-quality service can increase the demand for this kind of hunting from foreign hunters and hunters from Russia. It’ll give an impetus to the further development of the entire hunting industry in Russia.
