Russian Federation

Ease of Doing Business in

Russian Federation

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Russian Federation. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 141,930,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 10,400
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
112 118 down 6

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
58.7 57.7 down 1.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 101 105 up 4
Dealing with Construction Permits 178 180 up 2
Getting Electricity 184 184 No change
Registering Property 46 45 up -1
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 117 114 up -3
Paying Taxes 64 94 up 30
Trading Across Borders 162 161 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 11 12 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 53 61 up 8

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Starting a Business

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank 101 DB 2012 Rank 105 Change in Rank up4
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 83.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 81.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up2.4
Indicator Russian Federation Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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Procedures (number)
8 6 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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Time (days)
18 14 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

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Cost (% of income per capita)
2.0 6.8 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

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Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
1.4 5.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Notarize the signature made in the registration application 1 day RUB 200 per copy
2 Deposit capital in the bank and get proof thereof 1 day no charge
3 Pay registration fee 1 day no charge
4 Register with the unified register at the Federal Tax Service on the local level, to obtain the single number of state registration and the number of tax registration (identification number of taxpayer,INN) 7 days RUB 4,000
5 Notarize bank signature card 1 day RUB 200 (signatures and bank card) + RUR 1000 (notary fees) approximately
6 Make a seal in a private company in order to open a bank account 1 day USD 30
7 Open the company bank account 5 days no charge
8 Inform Federal Tax Service of the company bank account number 1 day no charge

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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