The authorities decided to give a delay in paying taxes to entrepreneurs in the border regions of the Kursk region

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin instructed to provide a deferral for taxes and insurance premiums for entrepreneurs working in the border territory of the Kursk region. This was reported in the telegram channel of the Government of the Russian Federation on August 19.

“The delay in such payments will be provided for 12 months with the subsequent installment plan of their payment,” the Cabinet of Ministers said.

Mishustin instructed the Ministry of Finance within ten days to prepare and submit a draft of the corresponding act of the government for consideration.

• The Armed Forces of Ukraine began an offensive in the border regions of the Kursk region on August 6. After that, an emergency regime was introduced in the region - at first regional scale, then - federal . Since August 10, a counter -terrorism operation has been in effect in the Kursk as well as in the Belgorod and Bryansk regions. The head of the Kursk region, Alexei Smirnov, spoke on August 12 that about 121 thousand inhabitants left from the border areas.