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Russia Pestel

Topics: Russia, Vladimir Putin, Soviet Union Pages: 2 (445 words) Published: January 4, 2013
Political Factors

Recent dissolution of the form Communist state of the Soviet Union to the Russian Federation. Russia’s economy is in transition from a a state-controlled to a market-controlled economy. •Vladimir Putin, moved to reduce the political influence of oligarchs soon after taking office, forcing some into exile and prosecuting others. Bbc

Still strained relationship between the Russian Federation and the West (U.S) rooted from the cold war

Uncertainty of control within the Russian government

2003 October - Billionnaire Yukos oil boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky arrested and held in custody over investigations into tax evasion and fraud. Mr Khodorkovsky had supported liberal opposition to President Putin. (bbc)

The energy giant Gazprom is close to the Russian state and critics say it is little more than an economic and political tool of the Kremlin.

Existing taxes on oil companies
* Royalty (6-16% of gross revenue).
* Mineral resource tax (10% of gross revenue less the value of the taxpayer' spending on exploration). * Excise tax (66 rubles/tonne of oil, equal to 2.5%, according to calculations of the Ministry of Finance based on the weighted average price of Russian oil and taking into consideration export and domestic sales). http://www.ogj.com/articles/print/volume-99/issue-33/special-report/the-russian-oil-gas-industry-analysis-raises-questions-about-russian-tax-proposal.html

Uncertainties about legal rights, infrastructure, ownership, and liability have slowed development despite the high hopes of many western corporations. http://archive.greenpeace.org/climate/arctic99/reports/blackice-8.html

Yet, by end of 1998, the oil industry was fully privatized, substantially deregulated, and had undergone significant internal restructuring (see Table 1 below). Even more recently, the Russian government has adopted (1998-2000) and enacted (1999-2002) a new Tax Code that by most accounts exceeds Western...
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