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Russia increases its position in the Doing Business rankings for work on construction permits

Russia increases its position in the Doing Business rankings for work on construction permits

In 2016, Russia improved on its 2015 position in the World Bank Doing Business rankings by 37 places, thanks to its work in dealing with construction permits, Mikhail Men, Minister of Construction, Housing and Public Utilities, told journalists during a conference held by Kommersant.

“According to the World Bank Doing Business rankings, in 2016 the Russian Federation has increased its position by 37 places, but all the same we are still far from the position we would hope to see for our country,” said Men.

He clarified that Russia had moved up from 156th place to 119th. The total number of submissions handled was 19, and the total time taken to process them was 244 days. The Minister thanked the Moscow and St. Petersburg authorities since, he said, the World Bank assessment was based mostly on data from capital cities.


Source: ria.ru (Russian)

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