The new company – Gazprom NGV Europe – is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom Germania GmbH and will continue its CNG business. Gazprom NGV Europe currently operates 50 natural gas filling stations in Germany and has already constructed a further ten filling stations in the Czech Republic and Poland. The establishment of this company will…
Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service believes that a decision to introduce an excise duty on sugar-containing beverages will lead to higher food prices, a lower purchasing power and falling budget revenues, Anna Mirochinenko, director of the service’s chemical and agriculture industries control department, said. “The Federal Antimonopoly Service believes that expanding the list of excisable goods…
Russia’s Finance Ministry plans to collect additional 2.5 trillion rubles in 2017-2019 to finance budget deficit. The ministry wants to raise taxes, mobilize revenues and deplete sovereign funds in 2017-2019, some of the officials said. The proposals were discussed at a meeting held by the First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov on Monday, but no…
The Russian government will use pension savings of the working people for 2017 to pay the current retirees, Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said. The measure was used for the first time for savings in 2014 to spare more state money for the current pensioners. “We have reached a definite limit, there is no money…
The Ministry of Agriculture of Russia plans to double soybean production volumes in the country, the Minister of Agriculture of the Russian Federation Alexander Tkachev declared. According to him, increasing of the domestic production of the oilseed would break the dependence on imports of low-quality soybeans, including genetically modified oilseed, as well as allow increasing…
Russia has certified Apple’s new smartphones, smartwatches and wireless headphones. The certification shows two modifications of the iPhone 7 instead of three earlier expected. The smartphones will run on the iOS 10 operating system. Apple certified three new models of the Apple Watch on the watch OS2 system. The U.S. giant will unveil its new…
Starting from September 1, Russia is decreasing export tax for sunflower, exported to the non-Customs Union countries. The corresponding decree has already been published on the government’s web-site. Sunflower seed export tax, including material for seeding purposes, will equal 6.5% from the good’s customs value, but no less than EUR 9.75 per 1 MT. Currently…