14 February, Vitebsk /BELTA/. The identification and suppression of shadow schemes between economic entities of Belarus and Russia will be discussed today in Vitebsk by participants of a meeting of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus and the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, the BELTA correspondent was informed by the Vitebsk Oblast Committee of State Control.

At the meeting, the parties will determine the directions of interaction for identifying and suppressing shadow schemes in the contractual relations of economic entities of Belarus and Russia, which cause damage to the economic interests of both states. In particular, issues related to the acquisition of imported equipment by individual economic entities of Belarus using budget funds through intermediary structures will be considered. In addition, the meeting will discuss issues of countering the withdrawal and transit of capital through Belarus to third countries using sham companies.

It is expected that the meeting will be attended by the Director of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee of Belarus, Deputy Chairman of the State Control Committee Grigory Veremko, and the Head of the Main Directorate for Economic Security and Anti-Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, Major General of Police Denis Sugrobov.-0-