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According to World Bank estimate, Russia ranks № 40 in the world in terms of the complexity of setting up a company. This is due to both procedural features and the need to prepare a set of rules (charter), how to manage the company and how the company can conclude the contracts.

According to IDC, the Russian IT market reached $ 24.18 billion (+7%) in 2019. Venture investment volume in Russia in the same year reached $ 870 million, while exit deals are estimated at $ 5.5 billion. Business software, marketing and advertising, cybersecurity, industrial applications, HR, transport and logistics, and real estate are the most popular startups in the B2B segment.

On 20.07.2020 the President of the Russian Federation signed Federal Law No. 218-FZ on amendments to the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, according to which the liability for non-repatriation of foreign currency revenue is significantly reduced.

On July 31, 2020, Federal Law No. 265-FZ was adopted, according to which individuals will be able to remain tax residents of the Russian Federation even if they stayed in the Russian Federation for less than 183 days during 2020.

On July 24, 2020, Decree of the Government of Russia No. 891, which came into force 19.06.2020, approved the new Rules for maintaining statistic data of mutual trade of the Russian Federation goods with the EEU countries.