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.

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Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
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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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 178 DB 2012 Rank 180 Change in Rank up2
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 40.8 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 34.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up6.6
Indicator Russian Federation Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

View methodology Procedures (number)
42 19 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

View methodology Time (days)
344 226 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
129.2 486.7 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Request and obtain the development plan of land plot at the Moscow Architecture and City Planning Committee 120 days no charge
* 2 Request and obtain Act of Moscow Geological - Geodesic Department 45 days RUB 39,000
* 3 Request and obtain an engineering ecological survey - Mosgorgeotrest or any other licensed entity 45 days RUB 100,000
* 4 Request and obtain sanitary and epidemiological certificate - Rospotrebnadzor 30 days no charge
* 5 Request and obtain technical conditions from water services and sewage 30 days RUB 21,300
* 6 Request and obtain technical conditions to connect to telephone line from Moscow City Telephone Service (MGTS) 30 days RUB 5,000
* 7 Request and obtain technical conditions for heavy shower sewage 30 days RUB 10,000
* 8 Request and obtain technical conditions to install radio from the Moscow Broadcasting Network 30 days RUB 4,500
* 9 Request and obtain approval from Moscomarchitectura on engineering supply of the facility 14 days RUB 4,500
10 Request and obtain Extract from Minutes of Meeting and Decision of the ‘Reglament’ Commission by the Chief Architect of Moscow on approval of architectural design (facades, profiles, color) and the certificate of Approval of architectural design 30 days no charge
11 Request and obtain Disposition of Prefect on Inception of Construction Designing (Decision on Construction) 30 days no charge
* 12 Request and obtain the approval of conditions for designs by Department of Preparation of Project Approvals 14 days RUB 12,100
* 13 Request and obtain approval of conditions for designs by the Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Natural Disaster Management (MChS) 14 days RUB 14,728
* 14 Request and obtain approval of conditions for designs with Sanitary Services (Rospotrebnadzor) 30 days RUB 13,800
* 15 Request and obtain the approval from State Inspection of Road Safety (GIBBD) 30 days RUB 8,837
* 16 Request and obtain the approval from Department of Comprehensive Well-Being of City 30 days RUB 4,600
* 17 Request and obtain approval for project design from Department of Nature Management and Environment Protection of Moscow 21 days RUB 29,455
* 18 Request and obtain approval of Volumes of «Outline of Construction Arrangement» and “GenPlan” from GenPlan Institute 30 days RUB 30,000
* 19 Request and obtain approval of conditions for designs by Local Government (uprava) 7 days no charge
* 20 Request and obtain approval of conditions for designs by Prefect’s Office 14 days no charge
21 Request and obtain Permission for construction 10 days no charge
22 Request and obtain an opening order of production of works from the Union of Administrative Technical Inspections (UATI) 1 day RUB 30,000
23 Inform the Moscow District Municipality about the work schedule, get a stamp and leave a copy of the work schedule 1 day no charge
24 Inform the Department of Nature Management about the work schedule, get a stamp and leave a copy of the work schedule 1 day no charge
25 Inform the Traffic Police about the work schedule, get a stamp and leave a copy of the work schedule 1 day no charge
26 Inform the Fire Department about the work schedule, get a stamp and leave a copy of the work schedule 1 day no charge
27 Inform the Rospotrebnadzor about the work schedule, get a stamp and leave a copy of the work schedule 1 day no charge
* 28 Order and receive results of laboratory tests of foundation pits from Mosgorgeotrest for the acceptance commission 1 day RUB 10,000
* 29 Receive an inspection from the Mosgorgeotrest to make sure that the building has been built where it was planned to be 1 day RUB 50,000
* 30 Receive inspection by the Union of Administrative Technical Inspections (UATI) - I 1 day no charge
* 31 Receive inspection by the Union of Administrative Technical Inspections (UATI) - II 1 day no charge
* 32 Receive inspection by the Union of Administrative Technical Inspections (UATI) - III 1 day no charge
* 33 Receive inspection by the Union of Administrative Technical Inspections (UATI) - IV 1 day no charge
* 34 Receive inspection by the Union of Administrative Technical Inspections (UATI) - V 1 day no charge
* 35 Receive inspection by the Union of Administrative Technical Inspections (UATI) - VI 1 day no charge
* 36 Receive inspection by the Union of Administrative Technical Inspections (UATI) - VII 1 day no charge
37 Connect to water services 30 days no charge
* 38 Request and connect to telephone services 10 days RUB 8,640
* 39 Request and convene Acceptance Commission 60 days no charge
40 Request and receive the Disposition on operation of building (Occupancy Permit) 10 days no charge
41 Request and receive Plans from Bureau of Technical Inventory (BTI) 30 days RUB 55,000
42 Register the building after completion in Rosreestr 30 days RUB 15,000
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** 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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