On the eve of holding in Moscow a meeting of the Bureau of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Forum on tax administration, Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Sergei Ivanov met with participants in the event representing foreign tax administrations.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Treaty between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Latvia on Avoiding Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol to Amend the Agreement between the Russian Federation and the Swiss Confederation on Avoiding Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital, signed in Moscow on November 15, 1995.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Argentine Republic on Avoiding Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Federal Law on Production and Consumption Waste and to Article 51 of the Russian Federation Budget Code.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to Article 15.25 of the Russian Federation Code of Administrative Offences.

Vladimir Putin submitted to the State Duma for ratification the Protocol on Amendments and Addenda to the Agreement on Certain Matters in Providing Collateral for Customs Duties and Taxes for Goods Transported in Accordance with Customs Procedures of Customs Transit, on Particularities in the Collection of Customs Duties and Taxes, and on Procedures of Transferring the Collected Amounts Applying to Such Goods of May 21, 2010, signed in Moscow on December 19, 2011.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Article 26 of the Federal Law On Banks and Banking Activities.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Amendments to Parts One and Two of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation and Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

Vladimir Putin signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol to the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the European Space Agency on the Establishment of a Permanent Mission of the European Space Agency in the Russian Federation and its Status of April 10, 1995.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Belarus on the Termination of International Treaties on Indirect Taxation.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on Amendments to the Convention between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Italian Republic on the Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital and Prevention of Fiscal Evasion of April 9, 1996.

Dmitry Medvedev held a meeting on economic issues, which focussed on improving the tax system.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Protocol on Amending the Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus on Avoiding Double Taxation with Regard to Taxes on Income and Capital of December 5, 1998.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Ratification of the Convention between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Chile on Avoiding Double Taxation and Preventing Tax Evasion for Taxes on Income and Capital.

Mikhail Mishustin briefed Dmitry Medvedev on the tax authorities’ performance in 2011. Other issues discussed included the development of pre-trial dispute settlement.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Territorial Development Zones in the Russian Federation and Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to Certain Legislative Acts of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to Article 342 of Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation.

Dmitry Medvedev signed Federal Law On Amendments to the Federal Law On Research and State Policy in Science and Technology and Article 251 of Part 2 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation to Specify the Legal Status of Foundations Supporting Activities in Research, Science, Technology and Innovation.