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Author-Name:Alexander Radygin
Author-Name-First:Alexander 
Author-Name-Last: Radygin
Author-Workplace-Name:  Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Author-Name:Georgiy Malginov
Author-Name-First:Georgiy 
Author-Name-Last: Malginov
Author-Workplace-Name:  Gaidar Institute for Economic Policy
Title: NEW AMENDMENTS TO RUSSIA’S PRIVATIZATION LEGISLATION: COSMETIC MEASURES OR FURTHER DEREGULATION?
Abstract: Analysis of recent updates to the Russian privatization legislation in 2015
allows saying that the 2015 amendments as a whole aim to boost the process
of privatization. The suggested enhancements for the information system
of privatization of government-owned and municipal property and for the
mechanism of selling such property are intended to render the entire privati -
zation process more transparent while counteracting occurrences of corrup-
tion and criminality. It has not gone unnoticed that the practice of narrowing
the scope of the privatization legislation continues. Since the legislation came
into force late in 2001, the number of property categories whose disposal
goes beyond the scope of the provisions thereof has nearly doubled (to 20
from 11), some of which have been given a broader interpretation. The next
few years will show what kind of eff ect the potential of the foregoing amendments
has on the effectiveness of this process, bearing in mind the contribu-
tion to meeting the federal budget defi cit and generating budget revenues at
other levels of public authority.
Classification-JEL:H82, K11, L33
Keywords: THE PRIVATIZATION ,THE STATE OF PROPERTY RELATIONS, Russian Economy 
Journal: Russian Economic Developments
Year: 2016 
Issue: 2
Month: February
Pages: 86-92
File-URL: http://www.iep.ru/files/RePEc/gai/recdev/685Radygin.pdf
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Handle: RePEc:gai:recdev:685