Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of November 30, 2020 No. 1969 amended the procedure for conducting annual scheduled inspections of legal entities and sole entrepreneurs in 2021.

In particular:

• remote inspections using audio or video communication are allowed;
• starting from July 1, 2021, inspection visits may replace the scheduled on-site inspections included in the annual plan for 2021. The decision on this must be made no later than 20 working days before the date of the start of the audit;
• the period for scheduled inspections starting after June 30, 2021 cannot exceed 10 working days, taking into account the specifics of calculating the deadlines established by legislation;
• scheduled inspections of small businesses, information about which is contained in the Unified Register, is not included in the annual inspection plan. The exceptions are inspections of persons with a high level of risk, inspections aimed at license control, etc.

It should be recalled that the Article 70 of the Federal Law of July 31, 2020 No. 248-FL "On state control (supervision) and municipal control in the Russian Federation" determines an inspection visit as a control or supervisory measure carried out by interacting with specific controlled persons, owners or users at the location of production facilities, including branches, representative offices, and separate structural units.

The inspection visit involves examinations, interviews, instrumental examinations, obtaining written explanations, and requesting documents.

It is carried out within one working day without prior notification of controlled persons and owners, who are obliged to ensure unhindered access of controllers to buildings, structures and premises.

The subscribers of the Information and Analytical system Globas have access to complete information about all scheduled and unscheduled inspections of a particular organization containing in the section "Inspections' plan of supervisory authorities" of the company’s report.

Information agency Credinform continues a series of publications about the largest companies in Russia. This time the experts of the Agency have analyzed the net profit and identified where the most profitable companies work.

The first ranking consisted a review on Top-30 of the largest companies in Russia by revenues for 2019.

Table 1. Top-30 of the Russian companies by net profit for 2019, and their business activities

No.	Name	Net profit for 2019, billion RUB	Change to 2018	Business activity
1	GAZPROM	651,1	-30,2%	Oil and gas
2	MMC NORILSK NICKEL	514,7	+212,0%	Metallurgy
3	LUKOIL	405,8	+84,9%	Oil and gas
4	OIL COMPANY ROSNEFT	396,5	-13,9%	Oil and gas
5	YAMAL LNG	251,6	-	Oil and gas
6	NOVATEK	237,2	+49,0%	Oil and gas
7	GAZPROM NEFT	216,9	+140,5%	Oil and gas
8	TATNEFT	156,0	-21,0%	Oil and gas
9	ROSSETI	135,2	-	Electric power
10	LUKOIL-WEST SIBERIA	113,7	+0,1%	Oil and gas
11	SIBUR HOLDING	111,9	+3,2%	Chemical industry
12	EVRAZ NTMP	110,8	+2,9%	Metallurgy
13	POLYUS	106,2	+213,0%	Gold mining
14	SEVERSTAL	105,7	-14,9%	Metallurgy
15	SURGETNEFTEGAZ	105,5	-87,3%	Oil and gas
16	GAZPROMNEFT-YAMAL	102,8	+15,0%	Oil and gas
17	ROSENERGOATOM	101,1	+155,0%	Electric power
18	LUKOIL-NIZHNEVOLZHSKNEFT	97,6	-5,3%	Oil and gas
19	KURGANMASHZAVOD	90,4	+46780,7%	Defense industry
20	ARCTIC GAS COMPANY	85,2	-3,0%	Oil and gas
21	NOVOLIPETSK STEEL MILL	83,4	-29,2%	Metallurgy
22	URALKALI	78,9	-	Chemical industry
23	TRANSNEFT	76,4	+655,3%	Oil and gas
24	LUKOIL-PERM	73,5	-8,0%	Oil and gas
25	ORENBURGNEFT	72,2	+22,0%	Oil and gas
26	SAMOTLORNEFTEGAZ	70,0	-8,9%	Oil and gas
27	Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha	67,1	+27,0%	Oil and gas
28	METALLOINVEST	66,3	+45,6	Metallurgy
29	MTS	64,6	+605,4%	Telecommunication
30	IRKUTSKAYA NEFTYANAYA KOMPANIYA	64,0	-29,0%	Oil and gas

The enterprises of the fuel and energy complex have the leading positions among the Top-30 companies as in the first ranking. Their share amounts to 60%. Picture 1 represents distribution of shares among 30 leading companies in Russia by the net profit.

Picture 1. Distribution of companies by the industry

Following the results of the ranking, the oil and gas companies still have the leading positions not only by revenues, but also by net profit.

*The introduction of KURGANMASHZAVOD among Top-30 leading companies is worth making specific mention. Growth of the net profit for 2019 amounted to +46780%. Such a result was achieved due to an increase of other incomes, which were generally generated after recovery of estimated liabilities.

MTS is as well listed among Top companies. Growth of the net profit for 2019 amounted to +605%, due to removal of provision for payment of fine resulting from investigation concerning the activity in Uzbekistan.

KURGANMASHZAVOD manufactures fighting vehicles and MTS renders mobile communication, internet and broadcasting services.