Nonadmission, limitation or elimination of competition have been criminalized
By
the Federal Act N 216-FZ of July 29, 2009 (document is in
Russian), it has been provided criminalization of
nonadmission, limitation or elimination of competition, criminal
responsibility for which is established by the
article 178 of the RF Criminal Code. Now criminal responsibility
shall arise for nonadmission, limitation or elimination of competition
by means of conclusion of restricting competition contracts
or making restricting competition coordinated activities, repeated
abuse of dominant position in the form of fixation and (or)
supporting of monopoly high or monopoly low price of good, groundless
refusal in of evasion of contract conclusion, restriction of
access to a market, if these actions have caused heavy damage
to citizens, organizations or the state or have caused large-size
income. This crime shall be punished with penalty in the size
from 300 000 up to 500 000 rubles or in the size of wage or
other income of convicted person for period from one year up
to two years or with deprivation of freedom for a period up
to three years with deprivation of rights to take certain posts
or to make certain activity up to one year or without that (earlier
maximum punishment for this crime has been deprivation of freedom
for a period up to two years).
The Federal Act shall putt into effect upon expiration of
ninety days after its promulgation.
There have been changed the terms for licensing of credit institutions, the case about bankruptcy thereof has been dismissed in accordance with liquidation of their obligations
