The Ministry of Energy proposed to upgrade the border FEZ to attract investment

The Ministry of Economic Development and the regions bordering Ukraine have prepared proposals to support new investment projects under the preferential regime of the free economic zone (FEZ) operating in the Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions. This was reported on May 6 in the press service of the department.

It is noted that now the FEZ regime operates solely to support existing companies, including enterprises affected by shelling. As part of the changes, the agency proposes to extend support to new investment projects.

Thus, the deadline for the validity of the residency agreement in the FEZ is 10 years, and among the areas of implementation are manufacturing (except for the production of excisable goods), mining (except for oil, natural gas and iron ore), agriculture and fishing, tourism, logistics, and information technology.

According to the proposal, the basic "entry threshold" for investments will be 30 million rubles, for small and medium—sized businesses - 3 million rubles, and for IT projects — 1 million rubles.

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On March 19, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that the Russian authorities would expand the FEZ regime to areas bordering Ukraine where a counter-terrorism operation (CTO) regime had been introduced. It is specified that the FEZ regime operating in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR), Luhansk People's Republic (LPR), as well as the Zaporizhia and Kherson regions may be extended to some territories of the border regions.