The president on 31 July 2020 signed into law legislation (Federal Law No. 265-FZ) that amends the Russian tax law to provide an exemption from value added tax (VAT) for the IT or digital sector. The new law addresses how the VAT exemption applies for software and databases.
Source: KPMG
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