From ballet to engineer to director. Russia has recently updated the list of professions for which you can get a work visa to Russia with minimal salary requirements. This means that there are more opportunities to get a work visa through these professions but there are a couple downsides compared to other employment visas.  For…

Moving to a foreign country whose language you don’t speak can be overwhelming and daunting even for daily tasks. Setting up and running a business in a different country is infinitely more challenging. There’s the bureaucracy to push through, legal formalities, cultural differences when hiring personnel and seemingly countless other details to nail down. But…

“Do not let what you cannot do, interfere with what you CAN do.” – John Wooden Work with what you have. Don’t try and reinvent the wheel. The tried and true advice that we dread to hear, but, often to our dismay, it turns out to rarely fail us.  The truth is, we often hope for…

Although Russia does have a very low flat income tax rate compared to many other countries, especially in Western Europe, companies in Russia do get hit with high rates when making social contributions for their employees as a whole. However, there is one area in which Russian companies can save big amounts of money when…

Do you know the saying, “One man’s loss is another man’s gain?” I feel it is awfully applicable to the current situation in Russia with a severely devalued Russian ruble, continued sanctions and falling oil prices. While many may be losing in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it certainly doesn’t mean you cannot gain…

Having had almost every type of visa there is, I certainly know the woes of Russian visas. You have to get registered every time you enter Russia. Some visas limit you to single or double entries. What happens when you want to visit Russia a third time? You have to get a new visa. For…