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Russia approves support measures for businesses affected by Wildberries warehouse strikes, including tax deferrals

Source: Government of the Russian Federation

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has signed a resolution to support businesses hurt by Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries logistics facilities.

The resolution defers a number of taxes and insurance payments and temporarily suspends inspections, the government’s press service announced.

The support applies to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs whose losses exceed 5% of their annual revenue.

The measures include:

  • a 12-month deferral on value-added tax (except VAT paid on imports into Russia), profit tax, and taxes under the simplified tax systems (USN and AUSN)
  • a deferral on advance payments for these taxes and on insurance contributions due between August 2026 and July 2027, which can then be paid in equal installments over the following year.
  • a suspension of tax audits for affected businesses through the end of 2026, with related procedural deadlines frozen for the same period.

The Finance Ministry reported on August 24 that it had drafted support measures for both the affected businesses and Wildberries itself, known corporately as the RWB group. For the marketplace, the ministry proposed extending the deadlines for VAT (except VAT paid on imports into Russia) and profit tax to July 28, 2027, along with other measures similar to those proposed for affected sellers.

As of this writing, the government has not issued a resolution addressing support measures for Wildberries.

Ukrainian forces have targeted Wildberries logistics facilities with drone strikes since mid-July. According to calculations by the independent Russian investigative outlet Agentstvo, Ukrainian strikes had knocked out eight of the marketplace’s 10 largest warehouses by floor area as of August 26.

The Ukrainian military began striking warehouses belonging to another major Russian marketplace, Ozon, with drones in August. Unlike Wildberries, Ozon is publicly traded, and its shares on the Moscow Exchange lost nearly a third of their value in trading after the first strikes.

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