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Russia  Moscow, 121357, Vereyskaya Plaza 2, Vereyskaya str. 17, office 616 Russia  St.Peterburg, 190031, Efimova str. 4a, office 730	Since its creation in 1993, one of our firm's main areas of expertise has been our practical knowledge of tax law and tax planning.      The law firm Zhigachov & Christophoroff offers a full range of services linked to taxation both in Russia and abroad including tax advise and tax litigation. Accordingly, our lawyers have a clear and practical vision of all the risks involved whatever the transaction, project or fiscal strategy. Such expertise seems especially important today, at a time when the government has openly declared the formulation of new practices in the enforcement of tax law. The main features of this new policy are: - form over substance approach; - the active co-operation between fiscal and enforcement authorities, whether it be information exchange or co-ordination of efforts in the processes of tax audit and criminal investigation; - gathering and analysing information on typical tax optimization schemes.      We have a group of tax litigators who defend our clients with unmitigated success before the courts in Moscow, St. Petersburg and other regions of Russia. The firm for many years enjoys co-operation with a large international network of tax experts. Thanks to this, our firm contributes efficiently to resolve fiscal problems in the European Union, the United States and Asia.