04 July 2008By Nabi Abdullaev / Staff WriterThe government will clarify later this year the tax status of grants from dozens of international organizations excluded from tax exemptions in a recent decree signed by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, a government spokesman said Thursday. The decree, signed Saturday by Putin, reduced the number of international organizations allowed to issue tax-free grants from 101 to just 12, a move that could raise new fears about a crackdown on foreign nongovernmental organizations. Government spokesman Alexander Smirnov said Thursday, however, that the tax status of grants from international NGOs left off the list would be established in a decree by the end of the year. He did not give a precise date. Until that decree is issued, grants from foreign NGOs excluded in the Saturday decree will...
[read full story]
Your Web Site
