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The Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation approved a draft law on the creation of a free economic zone in new regions

March 26, 2023

The government of the Russian Federation has approved a draft law on the creation of a free economic zone (FEZ) in new regions. This was reported on the Cabinet’s website.

“To approve the draft federal law “On the free economic zone in the territories of the DPR, the LPR, the Zaporizhzhia region and the Kherson region” and submit it to the State Duma in the prescribed manner” , the list of government decisions following the March 24 meeting said.

In addition, the Cabinet of Ministers approved and decided to submit to the State Duma a draft law establishing tax incentives, including income tax, property tax, with respect to land for participants in the free zone.

“Offshore Donbass”: why Russia is creating a free economic zone in the regions of DPR, LPR, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia. Read in the material of the columnist Paragraph Maria Ivatkina.

The Cabinet of Ministers of the Russian Federation approved the draft law on the creation of a free economic zone in new regions

Russia Desk

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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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