Tag: Vladimir Putin

President of the Russian Federation suggested including the spending on windows, doors, and built-in furniture in amounts covered by mortgage loans for new homes

The President of the Russian Federation instructed the Government, together with DOM.RF and involving the Central Bank and the Deposit Insurance Agency, to consider including the spending on Russian-made windows, doors, and built-in furniture in the amount covered...

Vladimir Putin proposed to additionally allocate at least 15 billion rubles to support municipal boiler houses in switching to biofuel

At the meeting on the development of the timber industry, the President of the Russian Federation proposed to additionally allocate at least 15 billion rubles in publicly funded infrastructure loans to support municipal boiler houses in switching to...

Vladimir Putin proposed to grant enterprises a deferment on forest area lease payments for unharvested timber

At the meeting on the development of the timber industry, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to grant enterprises a deferment on forest area lease payments for unharvested timber. “The amount of timber harvested has declined, people pay lease...

The Ministry of Natural Resources of Russia proposes to transfer the authority to rent out forest areas to the federal level

As the press office of the Federal Forestry Agency (Rosleskhoz) reports, the bill proposes a phased transition to the provision of forest areas from the forestry fund lands by an authorized federal executive body, including for purposes of...

Vladimir Putin instructed to come up with measures on developing wooden houses construction in Russia

The Government received this instruction from the President of Russia based on the results of the meeting on issues of developing and decriminalizing the timber industry that took place in September. “Develop a series of measures aimed at...

Russian Timber Journal 10-2020: European Union is going to conduct an anti-dumping investigation in relation to birch plywood import from Russia, EU may impose duties; interview with Ilya Korotkov, Director General at Cherepovets Plywood and Furniture Mill; Russia is consistently growing the export of larch sawn timber

Russian Timber Journal 10-2020: the European Commission reported the start of the investigation that will determine whether Russian birch plywood import is subject to dumping and whether the European Union industry was harmed; WhatWood Agency had a conversation...

A series of Ukrainian paper and cardboard producers will be granted access to the Russian market

At a meeting with Government members on Wednesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed with a proposal by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to permit three Ukrainian companies to supply their products to the Russian Federation, TASS reports. This...

Russia is launching subsidized lending for wood processing

At a meeting on forest industry development and decriminalization, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an instruction to launch subsidized loans for small and medium-size businesses starting from 2021, so that they could re-equip production sites and create value-added...

The Government of the Russian Federation is adopting measures to encourage wood processing

The document was signed by Viktoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister of Russia, following a meeting with Vladimir Putin. A total of 46 problems were included in the list, along with the same number of potential solutions classified into...

Vladimir Putin gave a directive to introduce a ban on exporting unprocessed or roughly processed timber products from Russian as of January 1, 2022

September 29, 2020 Russian President Vladimir Putin held a meeting on issues of developing and decriminalizing the timber industry. The President gave a directive to introduce a system of accounting for timber and transactions therewith in the pilot...

Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: how a ban on exports of softwood and hardwood logs and precious hardwood will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of the Russian Federation is adopting measures to encourage wood processing; interview with Alexey Ryzhikov, Saint Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange (SPIMEX) CEO; EU to launch anti-dumping procedure for birch plywood imports from Russia

Russian Timber Journal 09-2020: Vladimir Putin gave a directive to introduce a ban on exporting unprocessed or roughly processed timber products from Russian as of January 1, 2022, how this decision will impact the Russian timber industry; the Government of...

Viktoria Abramchenko, Deputy Prime Minister, proposes to combine the powers of forestry and timber industry in one federal body

Viktoria Abramchenko, Russian Deputy Prime Minister, sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 27, 2020, to propose to combine the powers of forestry and timber industry in one authority. Ms. Abramchenko emphasizes the insufficiently coordinated...