Travelers with passport issued by a foreign country outside the Eurasian Economic Union (Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia) and shopping in selected retailers officially communicated by the Ministry for Trade.
Tax Free goods. Goods must be available for presentation at the Customs Validation Counter. Goods must be exported from the territory of the Russian Federation to outside of the Customs territory of the Eurasian Economic Union within 3 months from the purchase date.
Non-refundable goods. Excise goods like alcohol, tobacco and cars, certain oil products.
Remember, in order to claim the VAT refund, the Tax Free Form must be validated by Russian custom.
Standard VAT rate: 18%
Reduced VAT rate: 10% (foodstuffs, certain children’s supplies, medicine, water & books)
Minimum purchase amount: 10000 RUB per retailer and per calendar day.