State Duma passes Bill on state regulation of tariffs for transportation between ports of Crimea and Krasnodar Territory

On April 10, 2015, State Duma passed the Bill according to which the state will set the price for transportation of passengers and freight between the ports of Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory till the year of 2018, State Duma says.

Tariff for transportation of passengers, luggage, vehicles and rolling stock by ships between the ports of Crimea, Sevastopol and Krasnodar Territory will be set by the Federal Tariff Service of Russia. 

The law is supposed to come into effect in 30 days after it is published officially and will be effective till January 1, 2018.