The Kremlin has no unequivocal position on the proposal to seize super profits from exporting companies, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov told reporters. Earlier this initiative was expressed by the Minister of Finance of Russia Anton Siluanov.
“I will leave this question without comment. The Kremlin does not have any unequivocal position on this matter, “Mr. Peskov answered to Kommersant FM’s question about how the presidential administration views this idea.
On the eve, Mr. Siluanov said that Russian exporters, who received super profits from the global rise in prices for raw materials, “must share.” The head of the finance department explained that these funds will be used to support citizens.
About the withdrawal of surplus profits of metallurgists in the form of increasing the severance tax – in the material “Kommersant” “From Under the Ground to Steel”.
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