Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada has amended the law on 2016 national budget, expanding expenses on defense and security by 7.1 billion UAH without the increase in the deficit of the national budget. A total of 265 lawmakers backed bill No. 5217 at the session of the parliament. The government’s bill was registered in parliament on October…
Washington has de-facto suspended cooperation with Moscow on an agreement on nuclear power cooperation after Crimea was annexed in 2014 and Moscow only formalized the fact on Wednesday, presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. On Wednesday, Moscow suspended cooperation with US in scientific research and nuclear power. The Foreign Ministry said that Moscow would still fulfill…
The Russian Satellite Communications Company, a federal satellite operator, has failed to insure all communications space apparatuses of the Express series, as the market’s health is close to critical, Alexander Podchufarov, vice president of insurance company Ingosstrakh, said. “The state of the insurance market is close to critical; only the Russian space industry had $662…
Ukraine’s Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman has said the Cabinet of Ministers plans to approve the starting price of Odessa port-side chemical plant proposed by the State Property Fund of Ukraine (SPF). “We are now looking forward to proposals from the State Property Fund for the next round of the sale of the object. I believe…
Ukraine needs to build the land market that stimulates the economic development of agriculture, Ukrainian Finance Minister Oleksandr Danyliuk has said. “First we need to decide what the land market will be. Do you think it does not exist? Of course, it does. It exists, but in the way that limits the development of agriculture…
Russia’s Finance Ministry has suggested charging from 2018 or 2019 value-added tax (VAT) on goods purchased in foreign online stores, according to a draft tax policy document. “Keeping in mind experience of charging VAT on content sold in Russia by foreign online floors, amendments to the law on taxes and duties will be proposed from…
The Russian government is considering abolishment of a tax on bond coupon income for households, as follows from a fiscal policy draft for 2017-2019. “The risks of loss of personal savings are higher in case of investments in bonds than the risks in case of savings on banking deposits, where there is a system of…