The losses of Russian exporting enterprises from the introduction of a new tax in Europe can make three billion euros annually. The head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Alexander Kozlov gave such an assessment, RIA Novosti reports.
he added that domestic companies were in the risk zone due to the strengthening of international climatic regulation. The minister called the bill on the restriction of greenhouse gas emissions the basis for changing the economic defendant.
“Mandatory carbon reports and its state accounting will be launched, an infrastructure for registering and verifying climate projects and carbon units has been formed,” said the head of department.
Earlier, the Deputy Championship of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev called the carbon tax “hidden protectionism under a favorable pretext.” We are talking about a desire to set up a new fee of goods, in the production of which there are carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere.
Medvedev admitted that the Russian economy tax would have serious consequences. Basic industries may suffer, such as black and non-ferrous metallurgy, chemical industry, energy, and the consumption of Russian oil and coal risks reduce.