Investment Policy Monitor
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
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Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
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Russian Federation
Foreign IT companies are required to open representative offices in Russia
01 Jan 2022On 1 January 2022, the Federal Law on Internet activities of foreign legal entities on the Russian Federation territory (Федеральный закон от 01.07.2021 № 236-ФЗ «О деятельности иностранных лиц в информационно-телекоммуникационной сети «Интернет» на территории Российской Федерации») entered into force. The legal entities with daily internet audience exceeding 500 000 Russian users are now required to open a representative office in Russia. Following the adoption of the law the Federal Agency for Supervision of communications, information technology and mass media published the list of companies falling under the provisions of the law, which includes Google, Apple, Meta (facebook.com), Twitter and other IT giants.
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Type:
- Entry and establishment (Approval and admission)
- Treatment and operation (Company laws and corporate governance, Other sector specific regulation)
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- rkn.gov.ru, Перечень иностранных лиц, осуществляющих деятельность в сети "Интернет" на территории Российской Федерации, https://236-fz.rkn.gov.ru/agents/list, 22 Nov 2021
- pravo.gov.ru , Федеральный закон от 01.07.2021 № 236-ФЗ "О деятельности иностранных лиц в информационно-телекоммуникационной сети "Интернет" на территории Российской Федерации", http://publication.pravo.gov.ru/Document/View/0001202107010014?index=0&rangeSize=1, 01 Jul 2021
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UNCTAD has been collecting information on changes in national foreign direct investment (FDI) policies on an annual basis since 1992. This collection has provided input to the analysis of global and regional investment policy trends in the World Investment Report, the quarterly Investment Policy Monitor (since 2009) and the UNCTAD-OECD Reports on G20 Measures.
In 2011, to further strengthen the quality of reporting, UNCTAD revised the methodology of monitoring investment policy measures. and revised the measures going back to 2000 accordingly.
The Investment Policy Monitor provides the international investment community with country-specific, up-to-date information about the latest developments in foreign investment policies.
Through its monitoring of investment policy changes, UNCTAD offers cutting-edge and innovative contributions to investment policy discourse, and contributes to preparing the ground for future policymaking in the interest of making foreign investment work for growth and development.
-
Note: the policy measures are identified through a systematic review of government and business intelligence sources. Measures are verified, to the fullest extent possible, by referencing government sources. The compilation of measures is not exhaustive.
Disclaimer: the boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.