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Leave Russia, build in Cyprus.

A Cyprus company pays 15% and, with non-dom status, you pay no tax on dividends once your Russian tax residency ends. Russia charges no exit tax, but currency rules follow a citizen abroad. EU sanctions bar us from serving a company established in Russia.

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What stays with you.

Russia takes 25% of company profit, then up to 15% of the dividend. Move the slider to your own profit.

€200,000
In Russia
Corporate tax
−€50,000
Tax on dividends
−€22,500
You keep
€127,500
In Cyprus
Corporate tax
−€30,000
Health contribution (GeSY)
−€4,505
You keep
€165,495

More in your pocket+€37,995every year

More in your pocket +€37,995 every year

Russia: 25% profit tax, 8% federal and 17% regional for 2025 to 2030, then 15% on dividends, the top band of a separate scale that charges 13% up to 2.4 million roubles. Russian IT companies pay 5%.

Headline rates for a founder who takes the profit out as dividends and has become Cyprus tax resident with non-dom status. Your own figures will differ. This is an illustration, not tax advice.

What Russia still asks of you.

Leaving costs no exit tax, but several duties stay with a Russian citizen. Settle this side with a Russian tax adviser. We can recommend one if you need it.

  • No exit tax

    Ending your tax residency doesn't make Russia treat your shares as sold. Renouncing citizenship needs only a certificate that you owe no tax. A Russian company can't move abroad, so you form a new one in Cyprus.

  • The treaty is suspended, not cancelled

    Russia has switched off most of its tax treaty with Cyprus, including the lower withholding rates. Payments from Russia to a foreign company now pay 20% on dividends and 25% on interest and royalties. The rules on dual residence and credit for foreign tax still apply.

  • Currency residency stays

    Tax residency ends once you spend under 183 days in Russia in 12 months. Currency residency follows your passport. You report foreign accounts in any calendar year you spend 183 days or fewer abroad, including accounts you skipped before.

  • CFC notices cost 500,000 roubles

    While you're Russian tax resident, owning over 25% makes your Cyprus company a CFC, a foreign company Russia can tax in your hands. Each missed yearly notice costs 500,000 roubles, even if no tax is due. A new stake over 10% needs notice within three months.

  • EU reporting follows your passport

    An EU company more than 40% owned by a Russian national reports transfers out of the EU above €100,000 a quarter, within two weeks of the quarter's end. Living in Cyprus on a Pink Slip doesn't exempt you.

  • Your Russian company stays outside

    EU sanctions bar EU firms from accounting, tax and consulting work for a company established in Russia, even through a Cyprus company. We serve you personally and your companies outside Russia.

What you get in Cyprus.

One flat rate at the company. Once your Russian tax residency ends, a dividend from your Cyprus company is outside Russian income tax.

Corporate tax
15%
One flat rate, with no local surcharges.
Tax on dividends
0%
As a non-dom, for up to 17 years.
Days a year for tax residency
60
Under the 60-day rule, with a home and a business here.
Wealth or inheritance tax
0
Cyprus has neither.
  • To live in Cyprus, Russian citizens need the Pink Slip, the temporary residence permit for non-EU citizens. We check which route fits you and file it with you, and bring in an immigration lawyer where your case needs one.
  • The 60-day rule no longer requires you to be non-resident elsewhere. If Russia still claims you, the treaty's rule for settling dual residence still works.
  • Running your own Cyprus company counts as the business the 60-day rule needs, so the company and your residency are one project.
  • Russia is on the EU high-risk list from 29 January 2026, so Cyprus onboarding needs proof of where your money and wealth come from. Gather it before the first meeting.

How the move plays out.

Timings depend on you and on your Pink Slip application. Read this as an outline, not a schedule.

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  1. Before you go

    Plan the departure year

    Your Russian tax adviser plans your departure year and any Russian company. Count your days on both sides, and gather proof of your source of funds and wealth for onboarding.

  2. Month 1We do this

    Form the Cyprus company

    We register it with tax, VAT and VIES, and your books open the day you order. If you're still tax resident, a stake over 10% needs notice in Russia within three months.

  3. Month 1 to 3We do this

    Pink Slip and directorship

    We check which route fits you, prepare your Pink Slip application and file it with you, with an immigration lawyer where needed. You become director of your Cyprus company.

  4. Month 3 to 6

    A home and foreign accounts

    Rent or buy the Cyprus home the 60-day rule needs. Your Russian adviser tells the tax office about each foreign account within a month of opening it.

  5. Each quarter

    Check the EU transfer report

    If your Cyprus company pays more than €100,000 out of the EU in a quarter, the report is due two weeks after the quarter ends.

  6. From month 12We do this

    Tax residency and non-dom

    After your first clean year outside Russia, we register your Cyprus tax residency and non-dom status. Keep counting days, because the currency reporting relief is tested again every year.

The Cyprus side, done for you.

Fixed prices, excl. VAT, agreed before you start. Government fees are charged at cost, on top of our fee, once your application is approved.

Questions from founders leaving Russia.

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No. Russia has no exit tax, and ending your tax residency doesn't make it treat your shares as sold. If you renounce citizenship, you need a certificate from the tax office that you owe no tax. Russian law doesn't let a company move abroad, so if you want a Cyprus company, you form a new one.

When you spend under 183 days in Russia within 12 consecutive months. That ends tax residency but not currency residency, which follows your citizenship and doesn't end when you move. Most founders who leave are tax non-resident and currency resident at once. The two carry separate duties, so keep them apart.

Not once your tax residency has really ended. Income from outside Russia, such as a Cyprus dividend, is then outside Russian income tax. While you're still resident, dividends are taxed at 13% up to 2.4 million roubles and 15% above, and the CFC rules apply. That's why the move works best when it's complete, not halfway.

No, it's partly suspended. Russia switched off most of it in August 2023, including the lower withholding rates, so payments from Russia to a foreign company now pay 20% on dividends and 25% on interest and royalties. The parts that settle dual residence and give relief for foreign tax still apply. Cyprus still lists the treaty as in force.

While you're a Russian tax resident, yes. Control is a stake over 25%, or over 10% where Russian residents together hold over 50%. Profit is only taxed above 10 million roubles, and there are exemptions, but the yearly notice is due by 30 April either way. A missed one costs 500,000 roubles per company.

Yes. From 8 December 2025 the Bank of Russia removed the limits on Russian citizens sending foreign currency abroad. As a currency resident you still tell the tax office about each foreign account within a month and file a yearly report by 1 June. Neither applies in a calendar year you spend over 183 days abroad.

Because this EU sanctions rule looks at nationality, not where you live. An EU company more than 40% owned by a Russian national reports transfers out of the EU above €100,000 within two weeks of each quarter's end, to Cyprus's sanctions unit. Living in Cyprus on a Pink Slip doesn't exempt you.

It stays Russian, and you deal with it on Russian advice. EU sanctions bar us, and every EU provider, from accounting, tax or consulting work for a company established in Russia, even through a Cyprus company. A Cyprus company set up to keep serving a Russian business is caught too. We form and run your new Cyprus company and work with you personally.

No. Under the 60-day rule you can be Cyprus tax resident with 60 days a year here, a home you rent or own, a business or job in Cyprus, and no more than 183 days in any other country. Running your own Cyprus company can count as the business. To live here you need the Pink Slip, the residence permit for non-EU citizens, and we file it with you.

Plan your move with us.

Tell us what you own and when you'd like to move. We'll tell you what applies, what it costs, and what to do first.

  • Which rules at home affect you
  • The order to do things in
  • A fixed price for the Cyprus side

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