Deputy DG: the closure of special economic zones – long overdue decision – RIA Novosti

MOSCOW, June 9 – RIA Novosti Closure of special economic zones (SEZ) -. It is long overdue decision, because they are ineffective and using them it is impossible to eliminate the major shortcomings of the current macro-economic policy of Russia, said first deputy head of the Duma Committee on economic policy Mikhail Yemelyanov ( “Fair Russia”).

Previously, the newspaper “Kommersant” referring to referring to the order of President of the Russian Federation government, departmental correspondence and economic Development, said that the creation of new SEZ will be suspended , inefficient work zones will be stopped, and all the others will give the regional authorities. The President instructed the government to develop a single SEZ operation strategy, to ensure optimization of budgetary investments and mechanisms of their transmission under the control of the subjects of the Russian Federation, and in the control of the Kremlin administration said that ahead of time, you can stop the work of 10 of the 33 SEZs, discussed in the paper.

. “the long overdue decision areas completely ineffective by means of special economic zones is not possible to address the root evils of macroeconomic policies:. currently the highest key rate in the recent past – an overvalued exchange rate,” – said Yemelyanov RIA Novosti

Besides, it is not according to the deputy, from the creation of SEZ in the current economic climate benefit because they must be created, taking into account the markets of their products. “They have quite arbitrarily created, and it was not clear for whom they work, where they will sell what they produce,” – said Yemelyanov

“It turns out that we’re somewhere we create. . foci of normal economic activity turns out that across the Russian conditions for abnormal business:.? taxes, infrastructure cons Can we then to the whole Russia will approach with this principle and create normal conditions for the operation of the business for the whole of Russia “, – he asked rhetorically MP .

SEZ began to create in Russia in 2005. Topic expenditure of funds allocated for the development zones, the Russian president raised at a meeting with activists of the Popular Front in November. Then Putin promised to check the data that the money “just sitting on accounts in banks and spinning to obtain the corresponding profits, it is not clear where the walking”.