Government institutions: Surprises & Failures

Russia has a wide range of government institutions, which affect the life of businesses directly or indirectly.
A range of institutions are responsible for issuing certificates of various kinds, others may issue general regulations, which can influence companies, adding or, rarely, removing extra costs, etc.

Today I will list the institutions, which issue certificates for various fields of businesses. I will add links to the institution's official websites as well as links to useful resources a bit later.

1. Rostehnadzor - The Russian  Agency, which issues technical requirements and controls them. Directly influences the work of:
- Construction companies
- Real estate management companies
- Engineering companies & institutions, using industrial machinery

I will describe the types of papers, approvals etc, issued by this agency in the future posts and update this one.

2. Rospotrebnadzor - The Russian Agency, which controls the execution of consumers' rights in every aspect. The most frequently contacted by businesses.

Field of responsibility:
- Food industry (raw foods to retail \ catering)
- Hygienic goods: Soaps, shampoos, cosmetics etc
- B 2 P services, especially, ones, related to children
- Transport

Can act directly by issuing papers, like the new State Registration Papers of the Customs Union (more in future posts) or indirectly, by lobbying legislation. Has been involved in creating import bans for products from several countries & more.

3. Minzdravsocrazvitiya - The Ministry of Health and Social development. Issues certificates for all the pharmaceutics & issues approvals for medical institutions, children's institutions.

4. FSB (ex-KGB) issues certificates for transmitting\recieving devices, e.g. mobile phones, wi-fi hardware etc. Has other fields of interest, which I will discuss in future posts.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned!