The ratification law was published on the official legal information portal. The document was signed by Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Belarus, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. The agreement itself was concluded in May 2025; Russia's ratification process finished only now.

Under the text, the parties may exchange data on a citizen's place of work, property, bank accounts, vehicles, shares in companies and other assets. A response to a request is allotted up to 30 working days. Information may be provided only to the extent necessary for going to court.

Some countries joined with reservations. Belarus will report only the fact that accounts exist, without disclosing sums or bank names. Uzbekistan will not respond to requests issued on the basis of decisions by non-judicial bodies and notaries. Kazakhstan has limited the transfer of banking information under its own legislation.

A request may be refused if it contradicts the national legislation of the receiving party or threatens its security and sovereignty.

According to Yevgeny Smirnov, a lawyer at the human rights organization First Department, Russia will be able to track down debtors' property abroad for seizure, and to obtain information about the income sources of "political relocants." The lawyer described the mechanism in a comment to Important Stories: first a Russian court issues a recovery ruling, then a court in the country of residence recognizes it and passes it to local bailiffs.

Smirnov gave an example: with a debt of 30 million rubles and insufficient property in Russia, bailiffs send a request to Armenia, find the debtor's property there, a Russian court places it under arrest, and after approval by an Armenian court the property is seized.

Since September 1, a law has been in force in Russia allowing the property of Russians who have left to be seized as an interim measure in administrative cases "against the interests of the Russian Federation." That definition covers articles of the Administrative Code on disrespect for authority, "fakes" about the army, "foreign agency" status and "undesirability," as well as the dissemination of "extremist" materials.

Earlier, Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed to exchange information about "terrorists and extremists."