On April 1, 2024, certain provisions of the Federal Law came into force, establishing a new procedure for businessmen to notify about the start of entrepreneurial activity.

Since the beginning of the second month of spring, a number of legislative changes have come into force. Innovations in the field of entrepreneurship were also touched upon. 

The SME Corporation has prepared an overview of legislative innovations that await small and medium-sized businesses. 

The 101st meeting of the Economic Council of the Commonwealth of Independent States was held in Moscow, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Alexei Overchuk.

The Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation summed up the results of the 3rd stage of the selection of projects under the preferential lending program approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 141. Applications were accepted from December 1, 2023 and ended on February 20, 2024 inclusive.

The top of the fastest growing branches of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) in Russia in 2023 included online commerce (e-commerce), advertising, and tourism. This is stated in the results of a study of the omnichannel marketing platform Calltouch, the Point bank for entrepreneurs and the online recruiting platform hh.ru , which were reviewed by Izvestia on March 28.

The Foundation for the Promotion of Innovation, together with the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia, launched the acceptance of applications for the Start-Take-Off competition.