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Forming a Russian LLC with a foreign founder

Decisions and documents to prepare before filing with the Federal Tax Service.

Forming a Russian LLC with a foreign founder

Use this guide before requesting a proposal: it helps gather comparable source data and identify constraints early.

What to prepare

  1. 01

    Define founders, ownership shares and the applicant’s authority.

  2. 02

    Choose the company name, registered address and evidence of reliable contact at that address.

  3. 03

    Define the director, authority limits and corporate decision process.

  4. 04

    Select activity codes and make a preliminary tax regime assessment.

  5. 05

    Prepare Russian and foreign documents, translations and required certification.

  6. 06

    Before filing, plan the bank, accounting, contract model and post-registration actions.

Common mistakes

  • Buying an address without checking whether the company can be contacted there.
  • Copying a charter without considering the ownership structure.
  • Treating registration as the end of launch and ignoring banking, accounting and contracts.

Official sources

Company registration procedure · Federal Tax Service ↗

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