The Federal Tax Service (FTS) of Russia has issued a reminder on the proper application of reduced VAT rates of 5% and 7%. This announcement was made by FTS on 17 March 2025. Organizations and entrepreneurs must apply these rates consecutively

The Russian Ministry of Finance (MoF) has clarified the corporate income tax treatment for two scenarios in Guidance Letter No. 03-03-06/2/18948, issued on 17 March 2025. The first scenario involves share redemption in a foreign entity, while the

Russia's Ministry of Finance has issued  guidance letter No. 03-08-13/114723 on 14 March 2025 clarifying the taxation of foreign companies' income from digital financial assets. According to the letter, digital financial assets are defined as

Russia's Federal Tax Service (FTS) issued Letter No. ШЮ-4-13/2827@ on 13 March 2025 about the notification of controlled transactions. It clarifies that from 2024, taxpayers must disclose the transfer pricing method used to justify the market

Myanmar and Russia issued a joint statement in Moscow announcing the conclusion of negotiations for an investment protection agreement (IPA) 4 March 2025. . Russia and Myanmar finalized the talks on a draft of agreement on encouragement and

The Central Bank of Russia (CBR)  announced its decision to keep the key rate at 21% on 14 February 2025. Earlier, CBR increased the key interest rate from 19% to 21%, on 25 October 2024. This is the highest key interest rate in Russia since