Discusses the legal requirements for selling to the host government, including whether the government has agreed to abide by the WTO Government Procurement Agreement or is a party to a government procurement chapter in a U.S. FTA. Specifies areas where there are opportunities.
Last Published: 8/14/2019

The Russian government and state-owned-enterprises (SOEs) play an outsized role in the economy, with the Russian government controlling the oil and gas sector and maintaining major equity stakes in enterprises in a range of other natural resource, manufacturing and technology industries. Although sales to government agencies and state-owned enterprises are possible and sometimes generate significant, ongoing business, U.S. Government sanctions ensuing from Russia’s actions in Ukraine mean that U.S. companies should carefully assess whether a prospective customer might fall afoul of these sanctions before conducting any sales to the Russian Government or state-controlled entities.

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