Alabuga Special Economic Zone

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Alabuga (Russian: Алабуга) is a special economic zone of an industrial and production type located in a 20 km2 area in the Yelabuzhsky District of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Kama Innovative Territorial Production Cluster 10 km from Yelabuga, 25 km from Naberezhnye Chelny, 40 km from Nizhnekamsk and 210 km from the regional center — Kazan. The shareholders of the management company of the SEZ "Alabuga" are the Russian Federation through the JSC "Special Economic Zones" with 100% state participation (Ministry of Land and Property of the Republic of Tatarstan). As of 2016–2017, "Alabuga" is the largest and most successful special economic zone of industrial and production type in Russia, accounting for 68% of total revenue (2017) and 42% of tax collections from all SEZs of the country (2016), providing 54% of private investment in Russian SEZ (2016). Controversy has emerged around claims of deceitful labor practices in Alabuga's factories where Shahed 136 drones are produced for Russia...

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