In a Russian factory bankruptcy, value often lies not in individual machines but in the operating production system: site, equipment, permits, workforce, materials, orders and technical records. Before deciding to continue or stop production, perform legal and technical inventory, separate third-party property and secure industrial safety.
System Before Machine
Breaking up an integrated line may destroy the value of the operating complex.
Separate Third-Party Assets
Leasing, rent, toll materials and custody require object-by-object review.
Safety Duties Continue
Bankruptcy does not suspend mandatory hazardous-facility and conservation rules.
Quick self-check
- Which legal entity owns the site and operates production?
- Which lines are technologically linked or independently operable?
- What is owned, secured, leased, rented or held for processing?
- What orders, materials and work in progress exist?
- Which permits, hazardous facilities and safety measures apply?
Map the Production System
Include land, buildings, utilities, lines, tooling, laboratory, warehouse, software, permits, workforce and key contracts. Mark assets without which other equipment loses practical function.
Inventory Every Object
Serial numbers, asset cards, security, leasing, rent and delivery records separate debtor property. Toll materials, stored goods and contractor equipment cannot be treated as debtor assets merely because they are onsite.
Record Materials and Work in Progress
For every batch determine owner, completion stage, cost, fitness, storage term and linked order. Technical records and trade secrets need controlled access. Completion decisions must consider safety, value and contractual consequences.
- stop undocumented movement;
- record batches and stages;
- link materials to orders;
- assess safe completion or conservation;
- arrange accountable custody.
Review Orders, Workers and Current Costs
For each order review advance, completion, specification, title to output and shutdown effects. Employee and creditor claims follow statutory priority. New energy, security and safety costs require separate origin-date analysis.
Compare Enterprise and Asset Sales
Russian insolvency law provides for sale of an enterprise as a property complex. Compare that with separate line and asset sales, accounting for security, permits, environmental and industrial duties. Book value alone does not decide the route.
| Element | Primary risk | Review |
|---|---|---|
| Land and buildings | Different owners and security | Title, lease and encumbrances |
| Machinery and lines | Lease, integration and dismantling | Serials, contracts and line plan |
| Materials | Third-party title and mixing | Batch, delivery and records |
| Work in progress | Stage, order and safety | Routing and specification |
| Hazardous facility | Accident during shutdown | Register, rules and conservation plan |
Frequently Asked Questions
Must a factory stop after bankruptcy starts?
No. The answer depends on procedure, economics, safety, contracts and authorised decisions.
Does all onsite machinery belong to the debtor?
No. Review title, leasing, rent, security, custody and identification object by object.
May the factory be sold as one complex?
The law permits enterprise sale; composition, terms and economic basis require preparation.
Do toll materials enter the estate?
Not merely because they are onsite where another owner proves title and identifies them.
Does bankruptcy suspend industrial safety?
No. Operation, shutdown and conservation must comply with mandatory requirements.
Legal Sources
- Federal Law No. 127-FZ: Assets, Priority and Enterprise Sale.
- Federal Law No. 116-FZ on Industrial Safety.
- Russian Labour Code.
- Plenum Resolution No. 35.
Related guides: sale of a debtor enterprise, corporate bankruptcy and current payments.
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BOOK AN INITIAL CONSULTATIONGeneral information as at 28 August 2026. Decisions depend on the production complex, title, safety, contracts and proceeding stage.