Federal Law No. 227 of 13 July 2015 banned offshore companies from participation in public procurement.
For the purpose of interpretation of this law, an offshore company is a legal person, with a the place of registration in a state or a territory approved in accordance with subparagraph 1 of paragraph 3 of article 284 of the Tax code of the Russian Federation. It contains a list of States and territories providing preferential tax regime and (or) not envisaging disclosure and provision of information when conducting financial operations (offshore zones) for legal persons.