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2024: Participation in the cartel for 370 million rubles

In September 2024, it became known that the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia revealed a cartel conspiracy in the Khabarovsk Territory in the supply of medical devices. As a result of the audit, it turned out that seven companies registered in the region participated in an anti-competitive agreement. The total value of 648 contracts for the supply of medical products amounted to ₽373,5 million, and orders came from budgetary institutions of the Far Eastern Federal District.

According to the FAS, such companies as Spektr-DV LLC, Vector-Best-Amur JSC, Medias LLC, ALEF LLC, VostokMedBusiness LLC, Dalmedikal Company LLC and Medtekhnika-Service LLC became participants in the cartel. All of them were found to have violated antitrust laws. According to the FAS, the conspiracy led to an overestimation of prices for the supply of medical devices to regional clinics.

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According to OFAS representatives, the cartel case was opened after analyzing more than 600 government purchases related to the supply of medical goods. The case materials were transferred to law enforcement agencies to resolve the issue of initiating a criminal case. If guilt is established, companies may face serious negotiable fines provided for by the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation.

Spektr-DV LLC is one of the key companies in this conspiracy. The owner of the company is Valeria Dunaevskaya. Among other participants in the anti-competitive agreement, Vector-Best-Amur JSC stands out, the main shareholder of which is Vector-Best JSC. Another company involved in the investigation was Medias LLC, owned by Oleg Karpov. ALEF LLC, also involved in the conspiracy, belongs to Sergei Folyushnyak and Bogdan Locanche.

FAS also named several more companies involved in the cartel agreement: VostokMedBusiness LLC, Dalmedikal Company LLC and Medtekhnika-Service LLC. The owners and management of these companies, as in the case of other defendants, may face criminal liability if their guilt is proven.^[1]

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