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
Relaxes the criteria for granting permission to distribute dividends to the owners of Russian companies from “unfriendly” states
23 Aug 2023On 23 August 2023, the Ministry of Finance released an excerpt from the minutes of the Subcommittee of the Commission for the Control of Foreign Investments, wherein a decision was made to relax the criteria for granting permission to distribute dividends to the owners of Russian companies from “unfriendly” states. The published excerpt specifies that such permissions may now be granted without adhering to the previously established conditions, which included restrictions such as limiting dividend payouts to 50 per cent of the previous year's net profits, requiring the paying company to hold social and/or economic significance, and mandating the fulfillment of obligations related to key performance indicators. The new conditions for granting permission to distribute dividends introduce the following changes: • Foreign shareholders (participants) must have made investments in the Russian economy, including expanding production within the Russian Federation and advancing new technologies, after 1 April 2023. • The amount of dividends paid cannot exceed the amount of investments made.
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Type:
- Treatment and operation (Capital transfer and FOREX, Operational conditions )
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Industry:
- Not industry specific
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Sources:
- minfin.gov.ru, Выписка из протокола заседания подкомиссии Правительственной комиссии по контролю за осуществлением иностранных инвестиций в Российской Федерации от 9 августа 2023 года № 182/5, https://minfin.gov.ru/ru/document?id_4=303665-vypiska_iz_protokola_zasedaniya_podkomissii_pravitelstvennoi_komissii_po_kontrolyu_za_osushchestvleniem_inostrannykh_investitsii_v_rossiiskoi_federatsii_ot_9_avgusta_2023_goda__1825, 23 Aug 2023
- Stonebridge Legal, Новое в контрсанкционном регулировании: Смягчение условий выплаты дивидендов, https://stonebridgelegal.ru/ru/analytics/kontrol-za-osuschestvleniem-inostrannyih-investits, 25 Aug 2023
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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.
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