Russian Federation
employee
Moskva, Moscow, Russian Federation
VAK Russia 5.2.3
VAK Russia 5.2.4
VAK Russia 5.2.5
VAK Russia 5.2.6
VAK Russia 5.2.7
UDC 334
The article discusses institutional innovations related to amendments to the Federal Law "On Organized Auctions" and proposals from the Federal Anti-monopoly Service (FAS) of Russia to extend the experiment on setting price agreements between government authorities and business entities. The positive and negative features of these innovations are noted. Practical examples of regulating trade activities are given, for example, the introduction of re-strictions on the size of trade margins on food products and other measures aimed at supporting producers of agri-food products.
trade, antitrust measures, price agreements, trade margins, agricultural sector.
1. Federal Law No. 325-FZ of 11/21/2011 (as amended on 07/31/2025) "On Organized Auctions" (as amended and supplemented, intro. effective from 09/01/2025) – URL: https://regulation.gov.ru/projects/127765 /date of issue: 02.02.2026.
2. The Ministry of Finance proposed to sell up to 25% of products on the stock exchange with significant market fluctuations. – URL: https://www.interfax.ru/business / 842405 /date of request: 08/15/2025.
3. FAS: The methodology for calculating the price indices of grain crops has been approved. – URL: https://fas.gov.ru/news/33980 /date of request: 08/28/2025.
4. FAS predlagaet snizhat' ceny v ruchnom rezhime do 2030 goda. – URL: https://www.fontanka.ru/2025/08/17/75833837 /data obrascheniya: 15.08.2025.
5. FAS ordered EFKO Group of Companies to purchase sunflower seeds on the stock exchange. /Antimonopoly regulation // https://fas.gov.ru/news/34485/date Conclusions 07/01/2025.
6. FAS approved the trade and sales policy of EFKO Group of Compa-nies / Antimonopoly Regulation // https://fas.gov.ru/news/34485/date accessed 28.01.2026.
7. The FAS reported that more than 10 thousand companies have con-cluded agreements on price stabilization. – URL: https://tass.ru/ekonomika/20669847 / date of address: 08/15/2025.
8. T. Kulistikova. Incentives instead of coercion. –URL: https://www.agroinvestor.ru/markets/article/44472 / date of application: 08/06/2025.
9. Federal Law No. 301-FZ dated 08/08/2024 "On Amendments to Arti-cle 9 of the Federal Law "On the Fundamentals of State Regulation of Trade Activities in the Russian Federation". – URL: https://normativ.kontur.ru/document?moduleId=1&documentId (date of notifi-cation: 08/28/2025).
10. FAS to analyze margins for 26 categories of food products / Antimo-nopoly regulation // https://fas.gov.ru/news/34485/ appeals 28.01.2026.
11. FAS has sent requests to the largest producers of vegetable products/ Antimonopoly regulation // https://fas.gov.ru/news/34485/date addresses 14.01.2026 12. At the suggestion of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, the Globus store limited the margins on individual goods /Antimonopoly Regula-tion // https://fas.gov.ru/news/34485/ date accessed 12/30/2025.
12. Po predlozheniyu FAS magazin «Globus» ogranichil nacenki na otdel'nye tovary /Antimonopol'noe regulirovanie // https://fas.gov.ru/news/34485/data obrascheniya 30.12.2025.
13. The Federal Antimonopoly Service proposes to reduce prices manual-ly until 2030. – URL: https://www.fontanka.ru/2025/08/17/75833837 /date of appeal: 08/15/2025.
