In 2011 the administrative structure of a new executive agency - the Department of investments and businesses, one of the goals is to develop and implement measures to promote innovation

On the 14th of October, 2008 the Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship, chaired by Evgeny Fedorov held a "round table" on "Russian and foreign jurisdictions in terms of the practical application of the legislation in the field of development of innovative technologies: the advantages and disadvantages."

"Despite the fact that the current tax system is the raw type well formed, and even continues to improve, it does not fit the economy with high added value, the more - the innovative model of the economy," - said the Chairman of the Committee on Economic Policy and Entrepreneurship Yevgeny Fyodorov, speaking 30 June 2008 at the parliamentary hearings on "Main directions of tax policy for 2009-2011 in the light of the challenges of economic development."