| Subject | Russian | English |
| slang | "пустышка", фирма созданная с целью мошенничества и незаконных операций | chop shop (Trogloditos; it's a garage that disassembles stolen cars and sells the parts kriemhild) |
| gen. | фирма-пустышка | shell company (4uzhoj) |
| Игорь Миг, busin. | фирма-пустышка | front company |
| gen. | фирма-пустышка | paper company (Non-operating but properly constituted and formed firm that exists only as a registration or incorporation certificate and has nominal or zero assets. BD Alexander Demidov) |