An expert spoke about the main benefit of Russia's special administrative districts

The main benefit of special administrative districts (SADs) is that very different rules apply to businesses, which ultimately allows them to earn more, Kirill Baranov, a member of the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry's Council for Financial, Industrial and Investment Policy, and a senior researcher at the Center for Research and Expertise of the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, told Izvestia on January 16.

"Despite the fact that big business traditionally uses ATS to optimize taxes...