Business Regulations Across Russia - Subnational Doing Business

Doing Business in Russia 2009

Also available in Russian

Author: Subnational Doing Business
Published: October 14, 2009

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Overview

Doing Business in Russia 2009 compares business regulations across 10 Russian cities. The report focuses on local regulations that affect 4 stages in the life of a small or medium-size domestic enterprise: starting a business, dealing with construction permits, registering property, and trading across borders. These indicators capture federal and municipal legislation and practice and suggest that Russian cities could improve competitiveness by adopting local and international best practices.

Main Findings

Doing Business was easiest in Kazan, followed by Tver and then Petrozavodsk. It was most difficult to start and operate a business in Moscow and Voronezh.
The time to register a business varied from 22 days in Rostov-on-Don to 37 days in Petrozavodsk.
Cities in Russia do well on the number of procedures and cost to register property—on average, only 6 procedures were needed and the cost totaled only 0.6% of the underlying property value. The process was half as costly as in OECD countries.

Doing Business in Russia