On January 10, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law No. 450-FZ «On the Accession of the Russian Federation to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications».
Together the Lisbon Agreement and the Geneva Act form the Lisbon System. It creates a legal mechanism to ensure the international protection of appellations of origin and geographical indications in 37 Contracting Parties covering 56 countries through a single registration procedure and payment of one set of fees.