🇷🇺How to verify a supplier in Russia
To verify a supplier in Russia, look the company up for free in the official Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL), run by the Federal Tax Service and confirm it is registered and currently active. The registry returns a search by OGRN, INN or name returns the registered name, the legal address, the registration date, the declared activity codes and the current state, and the same page offers a free machine-readable extract as a signed PDF.
The official registry
- Registry
- Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL), run by the Federal Tax Service
- Company ID
- OGRN (13 digits) and INN (10 digits for a company)
- Cost
- Free basic lookup
- Active status
- Read the state line: a working company shows as acting, while liquidation, reorganisation or an entry about unreliable data is stated in the extract and should be explained before payment.
- Checked live 2026-08-10 (200). The bare host answers 307 and redirects to /index.html, so link the full path.
- Russia is under sectoral sanctions: the company page carries that country context, and a deal may need compliance review.
Before you sign: five asks no registry can answer
The register proves the company exists and who signs. It says nothing about whether the supplier survives a bad quarter, a fire or a key person leaving. Serious suppliers answer these five asks without friction; hesitation on any of them is information too.
- Business continuity: what happens to your order if their plant loses power, a strike hits or their systems go down? Ask for the plan, not a reassurance.
- Liability insurance: is product or professional liability insured, with which insurer and to what ceiling? A certificate of insurance is a one-page email for a real firm.
- Exit terms: how do you terminate if it goes wrong, what notice and fees apply, and how do you get your tooling, molds or data back?
- Support in numbers: ask for response and resolution times as figures, not adjectives. A supplier who commits to hours in writing has a support process; one who writes fast support does not.
- Named people: who exactly runs production and who owns your account? Continuity of a named team matters more than a polished sales deck, and employee-review sites often show whether that team stays.
General commercial hygiene, not legal advice.
Verify it in four steps
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Open the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL), run by the Federal Tax Service
Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL), run by the Federal Tax Service is the official government record of companies in Russia. Basic name or number search is free.
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Search the exact legal name or ID
Search the supplier's registered name or its OGRN (13 digits) and INN (10 digits for a company). If the name does not match cleanly, treat it as a red flag, it may be a trade name, a different entity, or wrong.
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Confirm it is active, not struck off
Read the state line: a working company shows as acting, while liquidation, reorganisation or an entry about unreliable data is stated in the extract and should be explained before payment.
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Check it makes what it sells
A real factory carries a manufacturing activity code and a consistent trade history; a middleman reselling everything is the most common mismatch.
This is a factual pointer to public records, not legal advice. For the full method, see the 7 checks that separate a real supplier from a scam.
We do this check for you
On every Russia company we list, we show what the open record says, each linked to its free public source so you can re-check it yourself, no paid badge. And we go past the big directories to the local and craft makers who are too small for them but real, then verify and sort them, so you find genuine Russia suppliers, not just the loudest.
Russia suppliers by sector
Every company on these pages shows what the open record says about it, each fact linked to its free public source.
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Questions
Is checking a Russia supplier free?
Yes. A basic name or number lookup in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL), run by the Federal Tax Service is free. Some full official extracts are paid, but confirming a company exists and is active costs nothing.
What ID does a Russia company have?
Its OGRN (13 digits) and INN (10 digits for a company). Ask the supplier for it, then confirm it in the Unified State Register of Legal Entities (EGRUL), run by the Federal Tax Service and check the registered name matches.
How do I know a Russia supplier is a real manufacturer, not a reseller?
The registry's activity code is the tell: a manufacturing code means a real maker, a wholesale or retail code means a trader. Checked live 2026-08-10 (200). The bare host answers 307 and redirects to /index.html, so link the full path.