Foreigners are to be granted tax incentives for investment

All investment benefits should be extended to foreigners, Anatoly Aksakov, head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, said in an interview with Izvestia. According to him, there are also plans to allow foreigners to freely withdraw money from the Russian stock market if they have not violated any laws.

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"I am in favor of making this apply to investors not only from friendly countries, but also from unfriendly states. We should involve investors also from unfriendly countries in our economy and offer such options for investing money that will encourage them to work with us even without the direct consent of their authorities," the MP said.

However, the money on the "C" accounts will not be unblocked now. They were frozen in response to the blocking of our assets abroad - both citizens and the Central Bank.

"And we will not give up this decision until the illegal actions of the West are withdrawn," Anatoly Aksakov explained.

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