Export or invest into Russia

Whether you want to make an acquisition, conduct due diligence, organize imports into Russia, conduct a performance review of your existing distributors or setup operation inside Russia Volga Trader can provide project management and resources to deliver results.

Invest in Russia
We offer market entry support for SME's but for a larger exporter with access to capital, current combinations of exchange rates, interest rates and industrial policy, mean that buying a business usually gives the best return on entering the market. You may be buying an importer, distributor (not always the same as an importer in Russia), manufacturer or retailer. We can help you find and acquire prospetive targets for Direct Investment.

Volga Trader can identify companies active in your industry and conduct due diligence on their market position and clients. Our Business Broking service may also be a quick way to find an appropriate acquisition.

If you are aiming to invest in new facilities, products and services, or make acquisitions of an existing business, we have interim managers available who have been through this process before in goods and services.

Volga Trader can guide you on how to become qualified for state tenders. Over 40% of the Russian economy is traded through state tenders. Our Russian state Tenders page gives you a flavour of what is available.

Export to Russia
Buying a Russian business is effective but costly. We also help clients with less capital to export to Russia through agents, distributors, importers, wholesalers, dealers and to set up local sales operations. If your goal is to find a route to market with such partners, our team gives you an extra temporary resource.

​You don't need to overstretch your existing staff. You don't need to recruit someone before there is secure revenue. Use our team and you can start up in Russia without major commitments.

​Our experienced project managers will save you time, travel, money and the stress of management when you are doing business in Russia. Track Exhibitions so that you are ready for opportunity.

Are you already dealing with a importer and distributor in Russia? Is their performance matching the market potential? We can perform marketing due diligence that can answer the question. We can also provide a culturally sensitive gobetween to explore opportunties for improvement.

Keep in touch with business developments in Russia. Our News Centre blog is for rapid access to a lively stream of daily news for specialists.

Our Advice Centre has publishes notes about business processes and important developments a few times a year for those planning market entry. Both are free.

We have clients in the UK, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the UAE, across the European Union, New Zealand, Brazil and the USA.