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State Microfinance Organization


A state microfinance organization is a legal entity, one of the founders (participants) or shareholders (if the aforementioned organization is a joint-stock company) of which is a subject of the Russian Federation or a municipal formation, and which carries out as its main activity the activities provided for by the Federal Law of July 2, 2010 No. 151-FZ "On Microfinance Activities and Microfinance Organizations" aimed at providing microloans to small and medium-sized business entities and (or) organizations forming the infrastructure supporting small and medium-sized business entities1.

2007. No. 31. Article 4006.

  1. Federal Law No. 209-FZ of 2007 "On the Development of Small and Medium-Sized Entrepreneurship in the Russian Federation", as amended on July 28, 2023, Article 15.4, paragraph 1 // RSZ RF. ↩