RUSSIA invites international investors, notably from China, to fully utilize the new investment-attraction mechanism of the International Advanced Development Zones (IADs), said Aleksey Chekunkov, Russian minister for the Development of the Far East and Arctic.
The new preferential regime for Russia’s Far East came into force on 1 January 2026. Unlike previously introduced preferential regimes, IADs are specifically aimed at foreign investors and offer substantial benefits, Chekunkovin said in a recent interview with Xinhua.
Chekunkov noted that IADs offer enterprises a large package of benefits, including a zero corporate profit tax rate for 10 years, social insurance contribution rates significantly below the Russian average, access to land plots with infrastructure and a free customs zone regime.
The key advantage of IADs, he stressed, lies in providing investors with long-term stability guarantees — tax and regulatory conditions remain unchanged throughout the entire project lifecycle for a maximum of 15 years. Moreover, the commercial information of resident companies will enjoy special protection.
According to Chekunkov, Russian authorities currently plan to establish IADs in five Far Eastern regions: Primorsky Krai, Khabarovsk Krai, Amur Oblast, Zabaikalsky Krai and the Jewish Autonomous Oblast.
Xinhua
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