VOL. XLII

No 50

13-December-1999

FSU

Russian Duma Endorses Protocol, Approves Tax Concessions ForBlue Stream

The Russian Duma has approved a protocol on tax concessionsfor the Blue Stream project. Its action on 3 December follows the recentapproval by the Russian Government of the protocol, which is part of a 1997intergovernmental agreement between Russia and Turkey that covers natural gassales and the construction of the Blue Stream pipeline (MEES, 6December). The Duma also endorsed measures to...