= Doing Business reform making it easier to do business. 
= Doing Business reform making it more difficult to do business.
DB2012:
Registering Property:
Russia made registering property transfers easier by eliminating the requirement to obtain cadastral passports on land plots.
Paying Taxes:
Russia increased the social security contribution rate for employers.
Trading Across Borders:
Russia made trading across borders easier by reducing the number of documents needed for each export or import transaction and lowering the associated cost.
Enforcing Contracts:
Russia made filing a commercial case easier by introducing an electronic case filing system.
Getting Electricity:
Russian Federation made getting electricity less costly by revising the tariffs for connection.
DB2011:
Dealing with Construction Permits:
Russia eased construction permitting by implementing a single window for all procedures related to land use.
Resolving Insolvency:
Russia introduced a series of legislative measures in 2009 to improve creditor rights and the insolvency system.
DB2010:
Registering Property:
Property registration was expedited by introducing new documentation requirements—such as cadastral passports—in lieu of inventory documents and cadastral maps.
Paying Taxes:
The corporate income tax rate was cut from 24 percent to 20 percent.
Resolving Insolvency:
Several changes were introduced to the insolvency law to speed up liquidation and strengthen the legal status of secured creditors.
DB2008:
Dealing with Construction Permits:
Since July 2006, the Moscow Committee for State Construction supervision is responsible for both construction permits and technical compliance. A new law requires the building authority to issue permits within 10 days from the receipt of all documents. A simple notification replaced the former requirement of a second formal authorization to begin construction after the construction permit has been granted. Companies are now required to purchase a license for connection to the electricity network, a measure to offset high demand, but resulted in a substantial increase in cost.
Getting Credit:
A private bureau, National Bureau of Credit Histories (NBKI), started operations in March 2006. A draft of the law dates back to 1992, but only increased consumer lending and the requirement for banks to submit credit data, made the reform possible. This afforded Russia to climb from 0 to 4 in DB's credit information index rose from 0 to 4.