Russia plans to slash business regulations

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 17 Jan 2019 by Alex Teddy

On 15 January Prime Minister Medvedev announced that the government will probably introduce a regulatory guillotine in Russia. In the next two years outdated business regulations will be repealed. Regulations found to be unnecessary will be scrapped and business is elated. Overregulation stymies business and drives up costs. Many of the regulations earmarked for the axe are over 80 years old. The Ministry of Economic Development estimated that regulations introduced in 2018 cost business over USD 2.2 billion. This ministry is the driving force behind the move to cut regulations. South Korea and Vietnam have also radically reduced their regulatory burdens in the last few years.

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