The Russian government extended the postponement of the payment of deposits when importing goods from Belarus by eight months. As Kommersant writes in reference to the Ministry of Finance, the measure is intended to free up working capital for importers. The expansion is related to the preparation of a decree of the Supreme State Council of the Union State: if the mechanism of monitoring the payment of indirect taxes created by the two countries turns out to be sufficient, it may not be necessary to introduce a payment for Belarusian goods.