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2026: Participation in the cartel for 97.5 million rubles in the procurement of health protection products
On January 12, 2026, the Chelyabinsk Department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (OFAS) announced the identification of the cartel during purchases for the supply of personal health protection equipment. The total amount of contracts concluded in violation of antimonopoly legislation is almost 100 million rubles.
The case was initiated against the Chelyabinsk companies Regionsnab and Profesnabkomplekt. The FAS saw in the actions of these organizations signs of collusion when participating in the procurement of health protection products. It is said about five contracts with a total value of 97.5 million rubles. The customers were Far Eastern Generating Company JSC Khabarovsk (), LLC "" Ecolife(), Khimki LLC "" Middle Volga Gas Company(), JSC Samara "" and Mosvodokanal GBU of the city Moscow of Zhilishnik, Nekrasovka District. "
The regulator revealed a number of signs of the cartel. In particular, Regionsnab and Profsnabkomplekt are registered at the same address and have a common contact phone number. In addition, the IP addresses match when applying. The purpose of the conspiracy, as noted, was to ensure the victory of a particular participant and maintain prices at the auction.
OFAS is considering the case on the grounds of violation of antimonopoly legislation (paragraph 2 of part 1 of article 11 of the Law on Protection of Competition from 26.07.2006 No. 135-FZ). We are talking about the prohibition of agreements between business entities-competitors, that is, between business entities selling goods in one commodity market, or between business entities purchasing goods in one commodity market, if such agreements lead or may lead to an increase, decrease or maintenance of prices at auction. If the fact of collusion is confirmed, companies can be brought to administrative responsibility. OFAS will send the case materials to law enforcement agencies to consider the presence of signs of a crime under Art. 178 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation ("Restriction of competition[1]
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