When deciding on cooperation with a company or individual entrepreneur, the question of the reliability and honesty of the Counterparty constantly arises. This applies to a situation when an Individual orders a product or service or when a legal entity begins cooperation with a new Supplier / Partner / Client. It is important to check the Counterparty and choose reliable companies in order to eliminate possible risks.When making a payment (prepayment) for goods or services, you should know for sure that the Supplier will fulfill all  obligations, deliver goods or provide the service on time.

For Legal Entities, verification of the Counterparty is the main action to prevent financial and tax risks. The Federal Tax Service strongly recommends to check Counterparties using all available public and legal sources of information. The easiest way to verify a Counterparty is to obtain information from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities on the official website. To obtain more complete information, it is recommended to use the service for checking counterparties.

Internet Sources to Check your Russian Counterparty

Unfair supplier registers

In order to check whether the counterparty is included in the register of the FAS Russia, enter the name / full name of the supplier and TIN of the supplier in the search field. Also, if necessary, you can study the Register of Unfair Suppliers in the Unified Information System in the field of procurement.

Card file of arbitration cases

Today, it contains almost 18 million files. To get information about the case, you need to fill in any fields in the search filter and click the "Find" button.  The card includes brief information about the case, information about the participants in the case, the chronology of the consideration of the case in each of the instances, the final judicial acts adopted.

Databank of enforcement proceedings

The service provides information on the availability of enforcement proceedings, its subject  and the amount payable in relation to any individual or legal entity. Search by individuals or legal entities, specifying the region, surname and name or the name of the company.

Unified federal register of legally significant information on the facts of the activities of legal entities, individual entrepreneurs and other economic entities

The resource allows   getting acquainted with information about the activities of economic entities. To check a legal entity, enter the name of the company, code (TIN, OGRN) and address in the search form. The individual entrepreneurs’ search is carried out using the full name and code (TIN, OGRNIP).



License registers

If your company plans to enter into a deal with a counterparty as part of a licensed activity, then it is better to check in advance if it has the necessary license. Such information is contained on the websites of the licensing authorities. For example, on the website of the Department of the Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources in the Central Federal District, you can download the Register of licenses for the collection, transportation, processing, disposal,  disposal of waste of I - IV hazard classes, etc. And Roskomnadzor publishes on its official resource the Register of licenses in the field of communications, the Register of operators, etc.

Checking the list of invalid Russian passports

Since the service of the Main Directorate for Migration Issues of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia is updated with information about invalid passports on a daily basis, it is always up to date. When should companies use this online tool? For example, to check the head of the company.  

Government contracts

State contracts are a definite plus of the contractor. They can testify to its reliability, especially if all obligations were fulfilled on time.

Unified register of inspections

On the website of the General Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation, you can find information on scheduled and unscheduled inspections of both legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. The search is carried out according to the approved annual consolidated plan for scheduled inspections and the results of unscheduled inspections.

Membership in the RF Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Enter the OGRN or TIN in the search form on the website of the RF CCI - and you will find out whether a legal entity or individual entrepreneur is a member of the chamber. If a company or an entrepreneur is there, it means that economic activity is being conducted.

Yandex.Maps and Google Maps

If to check the counterparty you need a panorama of the building where the legal entity is registered, use Yandex or Google maps.

Counterparty website

The official website of the company has a lot to say about it. It is a very useful tool for identifying important information about a business partner. As a rule, it always lists the company's customers. You can contact them and find out their opinion about the counterparty. It is possible that negative reviews will surface in the conversation. Or in general it turns out that the company's logo on the counterparty's website is published for status, but in fact there are no partnerships between the companies.

Internet search

Enter the name of the company, the full name of its director into a search engine and see where they are mentioned.


Russia-IC has developed mechanisms for checking the conscientiousness of counterparties, including inquiries and analysis of the necessary documentation, as well as a study of the Internet environment. We guarantee the reliability and accuracy of the information collected.