Article 14 - Independent Personal Services - Russia

ARTICLE 14 INDEPENDENT PERSONAL SERVICES 1. Income derived by an individual who is a resident of a Contracting State from the performance of professional services or other activities of an independent character in another Contracting State shall be taxable only in the first-mentioned State, unless: (a) such services are performed or were performed in the other Contracting State and the income is attributable to a fixed base which the individual has or had regularly available to him in that other State; or (b) the recipient is present in the other Contracting State for a period or periods exceeding in the aggregate 183 days in any 12-month period. 2. The term professional services includes especially independent scientific, literary, artistic, educational or teaching activities as well as the independent activities of physicians, surgeons, dentists, engineers, architects, lawyers and accountants.