FAS discovered a headphone sign for markets

According to the FAS, the conspiracy participants coordinated the actions in the general chat in the messenger. “Synchronous prices increased, they controlled compliance with the agreements and also acted jointly against vendors who did not support the anti -comppetitive conspiracy, wrote negative reviews, ordered their assets to other regions or countries,” the report said.

27 participants in Kartel recognized those who violated antitrust legislation, are threatened with fines under part 1 of article 14.32 of the Administrative Code. For legal entities, the article establishes a fine for the amount of income of the sale of goods, but not less than 100,000 rubles.

One of the defendants after becoming evidenced with confession and may be exempt from administrative responsibility, told FAS.

In November 2024, the CEO of the International Association for the Development of Markets and Entrepreneurs (MARMP) Alexei Youngian sent a letter to the Fas Maxim Shaskolsky Chief with a request to verify the automatic actions of the markets for violation of the law on the law on the law on the law on the competition protection.

Marmp states that the negative of sellers to participate in automatic action leads to a decrease in their visibility on the platform: goods lose their search positions, lower than the cheapest anologists. This, according to young people, makes the villagers download, which ultimately can lead to the game of small platform entrepreneurs, strengthen the big players and market monopolization.