Foreign organizations have the right to conduct activities on the territory of the Russian Federation through permanent representative offices, as well as through affiliates which have been accredited by the relevant authorized bodies. Executing activities through permanent representative offices provides a compulsory tax registration for a foreign company in the Russian Federation and the receipt of a certificate, but working through a permanent representative office a foreign organization is not entitled to receive certain benefits at the entrance of staff to the Russian Federation, other customs and tax benefits, which are available to foreign organizations that have passed the relevant accreditation. The accreditation of a representative office means to obtain permission from an authorized body (the State Registration Chamber at the Ministry of Justice of Russia, the Chamber of Commerce, etc.) and be included in the Consolidated State Register.
