Category Archives: strategic industries

Strategic Sectors Law Update – First Commission Meeting of 2013 and Amendments to Law

Posted on May 5, 2013 by

On April 19, PM Medvedev held the first Foreign Investment Commission meeting of 2013. At the outset, Medvedev noted that Russia received over $50 bln in FDI inflows over the course of 2012. This statement is drawn from Central Bank … Continue reading →

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Strategic Sectors Law Update – Third Commission Meeting of 2012

Posted on December 2, 2012 by

On November 28, 2012, PM Medvedev chaired a session of the Commission on Foreign Investment, the third time the Commission has met this year. Changes to Russia’s Business Environment In his prepared remarks, Medvedev noted Russia’s recent improvement in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business and Economy, Dmitry Medvedev, duma, Economic development, FAS, federal laws, Foreign direct investment, foreign investment, Government of Russia, Law, legal update, legislation, offshore, Russian economy, strategic industries

Strategic Sectors Law Update – Second Commission Meeting of 2012

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

On July 30, 2012, PM Medvedev chaired a session of the Commission on Foreign Investment. This is the second Commission meeting of 2012, but the first chaired by Medvedev. In his remarks, Medvedev largely rehashed Putin’s presentation at his last … Continue reading →

Posted in Business and Economy, Dmitry Medvedev, economics, FAS, fish, Foreign direct investment, foreign investment, goskorporatsii, infrastructure, Law, legal update, Medvedev, offshore, oligarchs, russia, Russian economy, state corporations, strategic industries, Vedomosti

Strategic Sectors Law Update – First Commission Meeting of 2012

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

Last month, then-PM Vladimir Putin chaired his final meeting of the Commission on Foreign Investment Oversight (at least until 2024 barring any change to the makeup of the Commission). Indeed, the Commission meeting was one of the final significant acts … Continue reading →

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Russian Business Environment Update – Part I

Posted on April 14, 2012 by

Economic Fundamentals Economic indicators over the past year were mixed, although a consensus view appears to be forming that they were a net negative and, notably, underscored the long-run structural deficiencies in Russia’s economic development model rather than short-term risks. … Continue reading →

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