Government Decisions

3 October 2017, Tuesday
Approval of the Strategy to Prevent the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistance
2 October 2017, Monday
Regarding the approval of the Organising Committee format to support the nomination of Yekaterinburg to host World EXPO 2025 The composition of the Organising Committee to support the nomination of Yekaterinburg as a candidate city to host World EXPO 2025 has been approved. The committee will consist of 29 members and will be chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich.
25 September 2017, Monday
Approval of the Strategy for the Development of Civil Aviation Exports The goal of the Strategy is to achieve a sustainable growth of exports of the aviation industry’s civilian products. The Strategy provides for comprehensive support for the Russian producers of aviation engines, component parts and instruments in securing orders and carrying out exports.
23 September 2017, Saturday
Submitting to the President of Russia the proposal to sign the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Several provisions of the European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters have been supplemented with a special protocol to expand the scope of circumstances substantiating a request for mutual legal assistance as well as to simplify and expedite the procedure of mutual legal assistance in criminal cases. These additions are expected to increase the efficiency of international legal cooperation in criminal matters.
21 September 2017, Thursday
Approval of the federal targeted programme Development of Spaceports for the Period 2017-2025 to Support the Space Activities of the Russian Federation The Programme is designed to support federal space policy by establishing fully functional ground-based space infrastructure to launch all types of domestic and prospective carrier rockets, as well as space apparatuses, in the interests of socioeconomic development, research, national defence and security, and international and commercial projects.
7 September 2017, Thursday
New version of the state programme Socioeconomic Development of the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation A new version of the state programme Socioeconomic Development of the Russian Arctic Zone updates a list of sub-programmes and all the main tasks, indicators and targets and also expands the list of participants. Its implementation deadlines have been extended up to 2025. The state programme’s implementation will make it possible to create favourable conditions for the rapid socioeconomic development of the Arctic zone, for maintaining Russia’s strategic interests and national security in the Arctic.
Submitting to the State Duma a draft law to ratify the Agreement between the governments of Russia and China to protect classified technologies in the course of cooperation in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space The Agreement was signed 25 June 2016 in Beijing during President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to China.
4 September 2017, Monday
Establishing an organising committee to support the nomination of Yekaterinburg as a candidate city to host the World EXPO 2025 In May 2017, Russia applied to hold the World EXPO 2025 in Yekaterinburg from 2 May to 2 November 2025. The theme of the exhibition: "Changing the World: Innovations and Quality of Life." The creation of the organising committee will help coordinate the work of representatives of federal executive bodies, the Government of the Sverdlovsk Region as well as organisations engaged in the promotion of Russia’s application.
30 August 2017, Wednesday
Approving a draft Convention between the governments of Russia and Japan on avoiding double taxation of incomes and preventing tax evasion The signing of the Convention will allow tax payers of each contracting party to avoid paying twice on the same type of income, which will facilitate mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia and Japan and allow corresponding government bodies to exchange information in order to reveal tax offences.
24 August 2017, Thursday
Re-equipping the UN World Food Programme auto fleet with Russian-made vehicles The signed resolution provides for up to 535 million roubles to be allocated in 2017-2018 to implement the next phase of the UN World Food Programme project to replace trucks used for transporting humanitarian aid with Russian-made vehicles, and up to $1.5 million as a special-purpose contribution to the WFP fund for the development of logistics capacity, including the integration of KamAZ trucks into regional fleets of WFP trucks. Funds for these purposes are envisaged in the federal budget.
19 August 2017, Saturday
Lowering customs duty rates for goods exported from Russia outside Customs Union member states Starting 1 September 2017, export customs duty rates will be reduced for untreated animal hides, ferrous waste and scrap, refined copper and copper alloys, and items made from non-precious metals.
Russia’s participation in the construction of the European X-ray free-electron laser installation Since 2009, Russia has been involved in an international project to build and operate the European X-ray free-electron laser installation. The installation is being built in Hamburg, Germany, and is intended for research in a number of areas, including solid state physics, geophysics, chemistry, materials science, medicine, and structural microbiology. The signed directive instructs the Kurchatov Institute National Research Centre to pay the remaining share of the Russian Federation’s contribution towards the construction of the installation. The funds for these purposes have been allocated from the 2017 federal budget.
12 August 2017, Saturday
Opening of a national anti-doping laboratory based at Moscow University The Moscow University Charter has been updated with guidelines about the addition of a new structural unit, a national anti-doping laboratory. Using contemporary methods, the laboratory will implement measures to provide anti-doping support to Russian national sports teams and carry out independent testing of samples of biological materials for doping control, while also conducting research aimed at preventing and fighting doping in sports.
2 August 2017, Wednesday
Submitting to the State Duma a draft law on Russia’s accession to the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled On 27 June 2013, delegates of the Diplomatic Conference of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) adopted the Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled in Marrakesh, Morocco. Russia’s accession to the Marrakesh Treaty aims to broaden these individuals’ opportunities to access books, magazines, teaching aids and textbooks that have been created under special formats and to facilitate international exchanges of these publications.
31 July 2017, Monday
Russian entry visas for participants in the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students Visa regulations have been relaxed for participants in the 19th World Festival of Youth and Students in Russia. The festival’s events will take place in two cities, Moscow and Sochi. Around 10,000 foreign nationals from 150 countries are expected to participate.
29 July 2017, Saturday
Restrictions on the import of ozone-depleting substances to Russia A temporary quantitative restriction on the import of ozone-depleting substances to the Russian Federation in 2017 has been introduced. The purpose of the adopted decisions is to ensure a stable market of ozone-depleting substances, which are not produced in Russia, and to prevent the growth of prices for such substances. These regulatory measures contribute to the preservation of the ozone layer of the atmosphere.
28 July 2017, Friday
Russia’s approval of the draft Agreement between the Governments of Russia and Brazil on the Establishment and Operation of Cultural Centres The signing of the Agreement will promote the development of cultural, humanitarian, information and educational cooperation between Russia and Brazil.
24 July 2017, Monday
Submission to the State Duma of a draft law on combatting corruption crimes during international business transactions The draft law provides for spreading the types of punishment stipulated in the Code of Administrative Offences for crimes of illegal gratification by legal entities to the cases when such crimes are committed not only on behalf or in the interests of a legal entity but also in the interests of other legal entities connected with it, such as affiliated or subsidiary companies. The adoption of this bill would create conditions for the further implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions.
20 July 2017, Thursday
Submitting to the State Duma the draft law on automatic international exchange of tax information The draft law proposes amendments to the Tax Code, which are necessary for ensuring the collection and exchange of information with competent bodies of foreign countries with a view to implementing the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters. Thus, taxpayers employed by an international group of companies are obligated to report to the tax authority his or her participation in the international group of companies and country-specific information, including a country-specific tax return, global documents on the international group of companies and national documents of the participant in the international group of companies.
5 July 2017, Wednesday
Measures to Implement the Russian President’s Executive Order on Extending Certain Special Economic Measures to Ensure the Security of the Russian Federation The ban on the import of certain categories of agricultural products, raw materials and food has been extended from 1 January until 31 December 2018.
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