According to the Russian satellite news October 18, Russia's Minister of Natural Resources and Ecology Sergei East Skei said that from 2018 to 2020, Russia or the plastic bag will be levied on ecological taxes.
Prior to the Russian President of the ecological and environmental issues and special envoy Sergei Ivanov proposed in Russia on the introduction of ecological taxes on plastic bags, and support paper bag production.
"We have now revised the laws and regulations," he said, adding that the recycling tax on plastic bags and plastic packaging will be levied from 2018 to 2020 onwards.