Business setup & market entry

Build your business presence in Russia.

Test a market through the right partner, or explore your own local presence. The operating model should follow your commercial objective.

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Enter through a local partner

For businesses exploring demand before establishing a company, define the importer, distributor, representative or operating partner you need. An agreed search can support introductions, discussions of responsibilities and a pilot commercial model.

Explore your own business presence

Where an entity or other formal presence is appropriate, we can coordinate a project with qualified legal, tax, accounting and operating specialists. Structure, ownership, activities, signatories and ongoing obligations need individual assessment.

A clear decision before implementation

  • Commercial objectives, target customers and initial operating assumptions.
  • Comparison of partner-led and own-presence routes.
  • Roles of local specialists and a list of decisions and documents required.
  • A proposed sequence, responsibilities and indicative external cost categories.

Scope and dependencies

Registration, account opening, staffing and the start of operations depend on the parties, activity and relevant institutions. RUPH does not promise universal approvals or fixed completion periods. Regulated professional advice is provided by the relevant specialists.

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An individual scope for your objective

Bring us your business brief.

Tell us the product or project, your role, requirements and intended timing.

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