I am a part owner in two venues, one in Moscow and the other in Novosibirsk, Russia.
The bureauocracy is a nightmare there, need a local to handle that.
Both have been going for a couple of years and we have no probs with the authorities but there is a problem with the local Mafia.
Fortunately one of the partners knew some-one who knew some-one and the hassles disappeared.
Both venues are busy almost every night of the week and when I'm there I get involved too
