Only 2 years ago! To comply with #WTO rules, #Russia's 2020 wine #excise tax reform set equal excise tax rates on domestic & imported #wine, as well as new taxes on #grapes & wine materials. Tax reductions for preferential categories, e.g., wine from protected geographical designations were abolished #excisetax
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