Digital Swords Versus Digital Shields in Cartel Enforcement: Insights from Russian Experience in Electronic Procurements
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Competition authorities around the world are trying to adjust antitrust enforcement to the new
reality. Digitalization is of great interest to the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian
Federation (FAS Russia) and drives its practice and potential legislative initiatives. This
chapter analyzes the enforcement practice with regards to one of the hot topics in the
competition law and policy domain—the unsettled relations between algorithms and collusive
market behavior. The topic looks at this topic from both competition authorities and
companies’ perspectives. While self-learning digital cartels are still a matter for the future, we
focus on the current state of digital technologies’ application in facilitating bid-rigging and
other forms of collusion.