How do I check a Russian company's ultimate beneficial owner (UBO)?

Checking a Russian company's UBO involves querying the Federal Tax Service (FNS) EGRUL database using an INN or OGRN. However, for deep UBO discovery, you must map nominee directors, cross-reference historical SPARK-Interfax financial changes, and analyze Rosreestr property logs to bypass offshore shell layers.

What is an INN and OGRN in Russia?

INN (ИНН) is the Taxpayer Identification Number, uniquely identifying individuals or entities in Russia for tax purposes (10 digits for companies). OGRN (ОГРН) is the Primary State Registration Number, functioning as the company's main incorporation number (13 digits). Both are essential for OSINT and corporate intelligence.

Why are Western due diligence tools failing in Russia and the CIS?

Due to recent sanctions and geopolitical shifts, Russian corporate registries have restricted API access for Western data providers like LexisNexis or World-Check. Real due diligence now requires native OSINT methods, direct access to closed databases, and HUMINT analysis to verify entity structures.

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Russian Company Checker

Enter INN, OGRN, or company name. Data is fetched from FNS EGRUL and financial reports.

Examples: 7707083893 · 1027700132195 · Газпром

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Russia Due Diligence FAQ

The Russian Company Checker is a free OSINT tool that verifies a Russian legal entity by INN, OGRN, or company name. It pulls registration data published in the Federal Tax Service EGRUL registry and bo.nalog.ru financial reports, so you can confirm a company's status, type, region, and core registration details before any deeper due diligence. Enter an identifier above to run a check, then read the company card fields and follow the linked external registries to corroborate what the Russian Company Checker returns.

How do I check a Russian company's true owner (UBO)?

Checking a Russian company's UBO starts by querying the Federal Tax Service (FNS) EGRUL registry via INN. However, Russian business structures frequently utilize nominee shareholders and Cypriot shell entities. Deep UBO discovery requires cross-referencing historical SPARK-Interfax changes, analyzing court records (Arbitrazh), and performing advanced OSINT on the directors' social graphs to expose the real beneficiaries hidden from basic compliance screens.

What is an INN and OGRN?

INN (ИНН) is the Taxpayer Identification Number, functioning as a unique identifier for individuals (12 digits) or legal entities (10 digits). OGRN (ОГРН) is the Primary State Registration Number (13 digits). When conducting OSINT investigations in the CIS, acquiring the correct INN is the foundational step for any corporate tracing operation.

Can Western compliance tools flag Russian sanctions evasion?

Increasingly, no. Following global sanctions, Russia passed laws allowing strategic enterprises to redact their ownership data from public view. Automated Western platforms (like Sayari or LexisNexis) scrape public APIs, which now return empty or fabricated nominee data. Detecting sanctions evasion (e.g., the 'Shadow Fleet' operations via Sovcomflot) requires specialized human intelligence, leaked database correlations, and maritime or customs traffic analysis (FTS logs).

This free EGRUL check is the entry point, not the destination. When a counterparty needs a defensible answer, our analysts extend it through the corporate due diligence and UBO checks for Russia and the CIS, and screen the same entity with the free OFAC and EU sanctions screening tool before any deal proceeds. For a worked example of how shell layers are unwound in practice, read the nominee-structure case study.