Russian President Vladimir Putin kisses a sturgeon fish at the Scientific-Production Sturgeon Center in Astrakhan.
Photo: Dmitry Azarov
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Vladimir Putin Concerned About Sturgeon
Fishing industry in the Russian economic zone is the source of large illegal financial flows, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the session of the State Council’s presidium in Astrakhan.
Beyond its 12-mile customs zone, Russia has no instruments for controlling and supervising fisheries; vessels escape customs control; there is no legal basis for space monitoring of vessels, said Russian President Vladimir Putin at the session of the State Council’s presidium in Astrakhan.
Reforms in the fishing sector go slowly, while the industry’s competitiveness absolutely fails to correspond to the richest potential of Russia’s fish resources, the president added. Putin asked the Finance Ministry to be flexible in solving the issues of providing privileges to the sector.
Among possible privileges, the members of the session in Astrakhan suggested zeroing out the customs duties on import of spare parts for Russian vessels for 5-10 years, lowering the value-added tax, and some other measures.
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All the Article in Russian as of Sep. 01, 2007
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