According to Article 62 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, foreign citizens enjoy rights and bear obligations in the Russian Federation equally with citizens of the Russian Federation, except for cases established by federal law or an international treaty of the Russian Federation. This provision is enshrined in Article 1196 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, paragraph 1 of Article 7 of Law 41-FZ, paragraph 1 of Article 4 of Federal Law No. 115-FZ "On the Legal Status of Foreign Citizens in the Russian Federation", hereinafter Law 115-FZ.
Federal Law No. 160-FZ "On Foreign Investments in the Russian Federation", hereinafter Law 160-FZ establishes the basic guarantees of the rights of foreign investors to investments and the income and profits received from them.
The best solution to ensure full control over a Russian distributor is to create, together with Russian citizens, a consumer cooperative in accordance with Federal Law 3085-1 "On Consumer Cooperation (Consumer Societies, Their Unions) in the Russian Federation". This will allow the cooperative's management bodies to be formed mostly from foreign citizens and to fully influence the decisions made, as well as to establish an unlimited number of distributors in the form of LLCs and ensure full control over their activities.
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