A socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events.

The Roscongress Foundation is a socially oriented non-financial development institution and a major organizer of nationwide and international conventions; exhibitions; and business, public, youth, sporting, and cultural events. It was established in pursuance of a decision by the President of the Russian Federation.

The Foundation was established in 2007 with the aim of facilitating the development of Russia’s economic potential, promoting its national interests, and strengthening the country’s image. One of the roles of the Foundation is to comprehensively evaluate, analyse, and cover issues on the Russian and global economic agendas. It also offers administrative services, provides promotional support for business projects and attracting investment, helps foster social entrepreneurship and charitable initiatives.

Each year, the Foundation’s events draw participants from 209 countries and territories, with more than 15,000 media representatives working on-site at Roscongress’ various venues. The Foundation benefits from analytical and professional expertise provided by 5,000 people working in Russia and abroad.

The Foundation works alongside various UN departments and other international organizations, and is building multi-format cooperation with 212 economic partners, including industrialists’ and entrepreneurs’ unions, financial, trade, and business associations from 86 countries worldwide, and 293 Russian public organizations, federal and regional executive and legislative bodies of the Russian Federation.

The Roscongress Foundation has Telegram channels in Russian t.me/Roscongress, English – t.me/RoscongressDirect, Spanish – t.me/RoscongressEsp and Arabic t.me/RosCongressArabic. Official website and Information and Analytical System of the Roscongress Foundation:roscongress.org.

Vitalii Altabaev

Vitalii Altabaev

Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic
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06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Keeping Pace in the Competition of Preferential Regimes
We are preparing documents. In the near future we will make a proposal to the Government to combine all the advanced special economic zones into one. Accordingly, it will become easier to operate them
06.09.2022
EEF 2022
Keeping Pace in the Competition of Preferential Regimes
What we plan to do with the time section, how we plan to shorten the way. The main thing we are currently focused on is to expand an advanced special economic zone not by decree, but by order of the Ministry for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic. The legislative draft is ready, it is being approved. We also want to adjust the land allocation regime, make sure that plot plans are also changed on the basis of the approved territory planning project. The second section, but the first by meaning, is money, how we help with money. The first thing that has already passed is that the investment threshold for residents of the free port of Vladivostok has been lowered from 5 million to 500 thousand. Capital investment requirements for Arctic investors who have the status of SMEs are excluded. What we plan to do and what we are already doing: the first and quite important is linking tax benefits not to a legal entity, but to a project, initiation of the application of benefits chosen by a resident. Now social contributions have already been launched, and we have plans to transfer all tax preferences to the application procedure
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