The Russian-Belarusian relations in early 2017 have revealed a cascade of increasing conflicts and claims — these include the unresolved problems in the oil and gas sector between Russia and Belarus, the decelerated movement for providing Belarusian products with the status of “national” in the Russian market, claims to Russia on the EAEU sites… “Economic Strategies” magazine in its special issue makes an attempt to change this background and in the interview with Anatoly Gennadievich Aksakov, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on the Financial Markets — to identify the facets of Belarusian-Russian cooperation in a constructive way.

Federal Law “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On appraisal activities in the Russian Federation” and Article 3 of the Federal Law “On Amendments to the Federal Law “On appraisal activities in the Russian Federation” adopted by the State Duma on May 22, 2015 were approved by the Federation Council on June 3 and signed by the President of the Russian Federation on June 8, 2015. The new federal law establishes a uniform type of examining evaluation reports – a value-based. The changes took effect on July 1, 2015. Appraisal business is expecting new developments in self-regulation and taxation systems. The chairman of the RF State Duma Committee on economic policy, innovative development and entrepreneurship, president of the Association of Regional Banks of Russia Anatoly G.Aksakov told about the vectors of changes in economic policy and, accordingly, in the appraisal activities.