During the nine months of 2026, the number of Russian companies declared bankrupt increased by 13.3% compared to a year, Kommersant writes, citing data from the Federal Resources Agency. The number of new insolvency cases increased by 23.6%. In the third quarter, 1.8 thousand organizations went bankrupt, i.e. 18.5% more than a year earlier. The Federal Resources Agency notes that despite the growth, absolute values remain historically low. The initiators of the procedure are usually creditors; The companies themselves submitted requests in only 17.2% of the cases.