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  July 21, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Companies Investing In Russian Arctic To Receive Tax Incentive Benefits

  The Russian Corporation for the Development of the Far East will accept applications from investors who wish to receive Arctic residency status, from August 28, the Russian Ministry for Development of the Far East and Arctic said on Monday.
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  July 18, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russian State Sovereign Fund Finances UK-Russia Project With Oxford University To Produce Covid-19 Vaccine

  Moscow’s sovereign wealth fund publicly announced details of an agreement for the Russian pharmaceutical company R-Pharm to produce a coronavirus vaccine developed by British-Swedish AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. We previously examined which countries are assisting with Covid-19 vaccine research in the Silk Road Briefing article Who’s Developing A Covid-19 Vaccine – The Alternative[…..]
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  July 16, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia Now Sells More Gold Than Gas As Global Buyers Turn To Safe Assets In Turbulent Times

  Russia, the world’s largest producer of gold, exported more gold than gas in the second quarter of 2020 for the first time in almost 30 years. Gold sales to foreign buyers came in at US$3.6 billion in April and May, according to figures from Russia’s federal customs service — ahead of an estimated US$3.5 billion[…..]
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  July 15, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Spotify Launches In Russia & 12 Ex-Soviet Nations

  Music streaming giant Spotify announced yesterday that it was launching its service in Russia and 12 other countries around Eastern Europe. Gustav Gyllenhammar, VP for Markets and Subscriber Growth said that Spotify would become available to users immediately, adding that the Swedish streaming service was now accessible in 92 markets.
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  July 15, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia-China Trade Turnover Drops 5.6% In H1 2020

  Trade turnover between Russia and China dropped by 5.6% in January-June period this year to US$49.15 billion, according to the data released by China’s General Administration of Customs yesterday.
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  July 13, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia Considers Resumption Of International Flights To 13 Countries

  The Russian consumer safety watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has sent a list of countries it says meets epidemiological safety requirements in terms of international travel to the Russian Ministry of Transport and Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency.
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  July 8, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Israel Poised To Sign Eurasian Economic Union Free Trade Agreement

  Israeli Bilateral Trade With Armenia, Belarus & Russia Will Expand  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis  Israel’s Charge d’Affaires Yacov Livne has stated that the proposed Free Trade Agreement between the Russian-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Israel may be concluded late this year. Speaking to Rossiya 24 TV on Friday he said “One important issue that[…..]
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  July 8, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Dangers Of Building Ultra Patriotism As Chinese Claim Vladivostok As Haishenwai

  Op/Ed by Chris Devonshire-Ellis The difficulties of instilling a deep rooted “Love China” campaign, and how that can sometimes backfire has come to the fore of the Communist Party of China in recent times. Ultra nationalism, coupled with a large section of single children, often spoiled by their parents and radicalized by anti-social online behaviors[…..]
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  July 6, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Tech Cities Of The Future: Moscow Ranks Top 10 For Start-Ups, In Top 20 For Tech Development

  Moscow has been ranked the best city for entrepreneurs to start up, and 18th in Europe in terms of Tech Development. The Tech Cities of the Future ranking, compiled for the first time by fDi Intelligence magazine – part of the Financial Times Group – together with The Next Web (TNW) tech innovation website, rated[…..]
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  July 1, 2020 by Russia Briefing
  

  Russia Raises Tax Rates For High Earners, Reduces Taxes For I.T. Investors

  Asian Investors To Look At Russian Market I.T. Opportunities Russia has made joint steps to reform tax codes for specific individuals and businesses, commencing from January 1 2021. President Vladimir Putin announced in a speech to the nation yesterday to scrap Russia’s flat 13% income tax system from next year. Russians earning more than 5[…..]