Russia’s antitrust regulator said it stepped up enforcement against anti-competitive agreements last year, with construction, pharmaceuticals and transport among the sectors most affected.
The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia said it opened 385 cases into anti-competitive agreements and coordination of economic activity in 2025, up from 315 in 2024. The agency issued 246 rulings finding violations of antitrust laws, compared with 245 a year earlier.
Sectors with the highest number of competition-restricting agreements were construction and road infrastructure, pharmaceuticals, passenger transport and real estate.
Anti-competitive agreements were identified in 89 regions, up from 78 in 2024. Authorities named 943 companies and 238 public procurement customers as defendants in the cases, compared with 599 companies and 144 customers the previous year.
The violations affected 7,131 public tenders with a combined initial contract value of 229.9 billion rubles, up from 4,369 tenders worth 122.4 billion rubles in 2024.
FAS added that 21% of uncovered cartels in public tenders were detected using data from its state anti-cartel information system.
Source: FAS
