Monopolies and ensuring a competitive environment

The Russian concern Gazprom refused to change the terms of the contract with Moldova for the supply of gas and warned about the termination of supplies in case of non-payment. Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Andrei Spynu called such actions "unfriendly".

A member of the Federation Council commented on Clement Bone's call not to recognize Russian and Chinese vaccines against coronavirus in Europe.

The charges of violating competition in the field of search services were brought.

“In fact, Apple is pursuing a discriminatory policy based on citizenship of developers for a number of countries, including Russia,” Anton Gorelkin said.

Jeff Bezos is expected at a hearing on the compliance of the company with competition rules.

Officials from Russia, India and China, meeting for the Small Business Forum, said Russia lacks a market for the goods produced by small businesses because of the crisis in domestic demand.