MOSCOW, November 3. /TASS/. Russian courts declared 1,818 companies bankrupt in the Q3 of 2026, down 4.5% from the Q2 of this year but up 18.5% from the same period last year, according to data from Fedresurs (the Unified Federal Register of Bankruptcy Information), compiled on the basis of reports submitted by insolvency administrators.

"The number of bankruptcy liquidation proceedings initiated against companies in the third quarter of 2026 totaled 1,818, down 4.5% from the second quarter of 2026," the materials said. "The number of bankruptcy liquidation proceedings in January-September 2026 (5,364) was nearly one-third (31.7%) below the average for the corresponding periods of 2012-2025, which stood at 7,850 (2012 was the first full year in which information was published in the register)," the report said.

Courts initiated fewer proceedings than in the reporting period only in January-September 2025 (4,736) and January-September 2023 (5,067), while the highest number of bankruptcy liquidation proceedings was recorded in the first nine months of 2015 (9,705).

In the first nine months of 2026, courts initiated 49 external administration and financial rehabilitation proceedings, accounting for 0.9% of the total number of proceedings (excluding supervision), compared with 39 proceedings (0.8%) in the same period of 2025.