Tamara Kasyanov, First Vice-President of the All-Russian public organization «Russian Club CFO»
shared her opinion:
— Speaking in December last year with a message to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin instructed the government to develop a set of proposals for deofshorizatsii economy. It was just about the system of measures, most likely, the initiative to establish an offshore area in Russia is one of these measures. This demonstrates the consistency of the authorities of the country by moving out of the shadow economy, the fight against it to corruption.
The actualization of this question, of course, connected with the situation in the banking system in Cyprus. Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with European media said that because of the «bank holiday» in Cyprus, which is supposed to last until March 26 means Russian government agencies and companies, including state-owned, were blocked. What measures will be taken in the future Nicosia remains unclear, but it is obvious that the credibility of the banking system significantly deteriorated. Concern about this issue has not only our government, but also the representatives of the Russian business, as well as private investors.
The idea of creating an offshore zone in Russia is timely, with the proper approach to the implementation of a large part of its funds in Cyprus, may return to the Russian economy. Of course, the money will be diverted to other foreign offshore companies, but the introduction of the special conditions of transfer of money to the Russian offshore would dramatically reduce this proportion. Figuratively speaking, the «banking amnesty» would be a good use of opportunities that resulted from the introduction of the «bank holiday.» If the creation of preferential economic zone will be carried out fairly quickly and will create favorable legal conditions, the Russian authorities can achieve the return of capital from abroad
Very successful and the choice of the region where this zone could reside. The Far East is definitely in need of special support from the government, but the process of finding a mutual understanding between the federal and local authorities, accompanied by significant difficulties. The Russian government approved a program for the whole of the Far East and the Baikal region, its cost — 10 trillion. rubles, of which 3.8 trillion. rubles region to be out of the federal budget. Ministry of Finance to the present time the program is not coordinated,
considering requests region excessive. In this Minvostokrazvitiya expected to receive from the budget of 5.7 trillion. rubles. Creation in the region offshore zone will significantly change the situation in the region without excessive burden on the federal budget.
All-Russian public organization «Russian Club CFO» supports the idea of the Far East offshore zone. This would solve two problems at once: to improve the economic climate in the region, as well as returning to the domestic economy tangible part of the funds in the bank accounts in Cyprus.