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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">kulawr</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Kutafin Law Review</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Kutafin Law Review</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2713-0525</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2713-0533</issn><publisher><publisher-name>MSAL</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17803/2713-0533.2023.1.23.003-040</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">kulawr-193</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>BUSINESS LAW AND CIVIL SOCIETY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Russian Anti-Offshore Policy: Current Regulation and Perspectives</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title></trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9369-5158</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kanashevskiy</surname><given-names>V. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Vladimir A. Kanashevskiy, Dr. Sci. (Law), Professor, Head of the Department of Private International Law</p><p>9 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Str., Moscow 125993</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">vakanashevskij@msal.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff xml:lang="en" id="aff-1"><institution>Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2023</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>04</day><month>04</month><year>2023</year></pub-date><volume>10</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>3</fpage><lpage>40</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Kanashevskiy V.A., 2023</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2023</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Kanashevskiy V.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kanashevskiy V.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://kulawr.msal.ru/jour/article/view/193">https://kulawr.msal.ru/jour/article/view/193</self-uri><abstract><p>The paper outlines the regulatory landscape of an anti-offshore policy in Russia. In the first part of this paper, the author gives an overview of effective regulations against offshore businesses that Russia has adopted in the past decade. The CFC rules were developed and subsequently passed because of Russia’s participation in the BEPS project. They are of the highest importance for the implementation of the anti-offshore policy. Other measures include transfer-pricing rules, registers of beneficial owners, exchange of financial information and revision of double tax treaties with Cyprus, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Sanctions imposed by the EU, the USA, the UK and their allies against Russia, Russian individuals and companies in 2022 and counter-measures against Western countries and their residents introduced by Russian authorities also stimulate deoffshorization of the Russian economy. They have limited the free movement of capital between offshore holding companies and their Russian subsidiaries and, consequently, have contributed to the isolation of the Russian economy from the rest of the world, including its offshore infrastructure. The second part of the paper deals with the proposals for the Russian anti-offshore policy. The author shares his ideas on how to make the policy for deoffshorization of the Russian economy more effective. A few of these anti-offshore actions have already been implemented in draft laws and are currently being considered in the Russian Parliament. All of the measures that are being considered would result in unfavourable tax implications and possible damage to the reputations of those Russian individuals and organizations who still use offshore companies and trusts for the purposes of minimizing taxation and maintaining anonymity. The most important action proposed by the author for the implementation of the anti-offshore policy is the forced deoffshorization of strategic enterprises. Passing the relevant law would entail fundamental changes to the Russian business environment and result in the restoration of economic sovereignty over the Russian economy.</p></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>deoffshorization</kwd><kwd>offshore company</kwd><kwd>controlled foreign company</kwd><kwd>double tax treaty</kwd><kwd>redomiciliation</kwd><kwd>registers of beneficiaries</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Adkisson, J. and Riser, Ch., (2004). Asset Protection: Concepts and Strategies for Protecting Your Wealth. New York: McGraw Hill Professional.</mixed-citation><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Adkisson, J. and Riser, Ch., (2004). 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