Media learned about Putin’s instruction to close the 10 special economic zones – RBC

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On results of testing the effectiveness of the special economic zones, President Vladimir Putin ordered to close ten of them, and to suspend the creation of new, learned “Businessman”. He also instructed to develop a unified strategy SEZ

President Vladimir Putin ordered the government to suspend the creation of new special economic zones and to stop the work of ten SEZ inefficient, says “Kommersant” referring to the departmental correspondence, which was able to read the publication. According to the publication, all the existing SEZ will be transferred to the regions and the creation of new development will be suspended until podhodok common to them and the territories of priority development. The commission president to be fulfilled before June 30.

At the disposal of the newspaper appeared as orders supervising the issue of Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, in which the Ministry of Economy shall submit to the White House a draft report to the president on June 17.

Earlier, Head of control and Accounts management Konstantin Chuichenko with reference to the Accounting Chamber of the data report was for the president, which concluded that the SEZ has not become an effective tool to support the economy. On the creation of SEZ 186 billion rubles were allocated in 2006, including 122 billion rubles. given the federal budget. The report stated that “the lack of coordination of administrative decisions” led to “inefficient use of budgetary funds”, the work of ten SEZ was proposed to terminate prematurely.

The report noted that instead of the planned 25 thousand. Jobs by 2016 was established 18 ths., and the creation of one job at a cost of 10.2 million rubles. These funds would be enough to pay occupying their employees average in Russia salary for 25 years, the newspaper notes

In August 2014 the government proposed to close two special economic zones due to their inefficiency:. For three years there was not a single investor, who wished to become their resident. However, if the mass closure of inefficient SEZs out of the question.

Special Economic Zones were created by special law in 2005. As of January 1 in 30 subjects of the Federation was 33 SEZs (9 industrial type, 6 of technical innovation type, 3 and 15 port areas for tourism and recreation).