Roman Vedernikov, Author at Kluwer Competition Law Blog

Increasing Role of Criminal Enforcement as a Trend in the Russian Anti-Cartel Policy and Practice

Roman Vedernikov, Daniil Lozovsky (ALRUD)/January 27, 2020January 24, 2020 /2 Comments

Although criminal liability for cartels was introduced into the Russian criminal law more than twenty years ago (in 1997), it is fair to note that, nowadays, this system does not work appropriately, nor effectively. Over the years, criminal sanctions in Russia for cartels have been very rarely used in practice. Every year, the FAS[1] renders…

Abuse of dominance, Russia

The first competition case in the Presidium of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation – resolution of the dispute between the FAS and the largest stevedore

Roman Vedernikov, Daniil Lozovsky (ALRUD)/March 4, 2019February 28, 2019 /Leave a comment

Background and main problems Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port PJSC (“NCSP”) is one of the Europe’s largest port operator in terms of cargo turnover and the leader in the Russian market. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (the “FAS”) found that NCSP abused its dominant position, by fixing and maintaining monopolistically high prices in 2015 for transshipment services…