He said that “the government was forced to change the rules of the game that had already been adopted, meaning the change in personal income tax and mineral extraction tax.”

“Mostly certain companies were affected.

For example, Rosneft and Gazprom to a lesser extent, but as far as Gazprom Neft, Tatneft and LUKOIL are concerned, to a greater extent, because this affected the refusal of preferences related to heavy oil production in the first place and a number of other circumstances that we had to consider, ”said Borisov.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian government had submitted to the State Duma bills that imply changes in the parameters of the income tax in the oil industry, the mineral extraction tax and the export duty on oil.