On July 8, 2015, the Presidium of the Federal Antimonopoly
Service of Russia (FAS Russia) provisionally approved the
idea of changes to the RF Law on Protection of Competition that
would introduce the concept of a "system of internal
prevention of violations of antimonopoly legislation of a business
entity" (better known as an internal antitrust compliance
system) and changes to the Code of Administrative Offenses that
would mitigate administrative penalties for antitrust violations if
the business has such an internal compliance system in place and
adheres to its provisions.
Igor Artemiev, the head of FAS Russia, who spoke at the
Presidium's meeting, noted that the Strategy for Developing
Competition and Antimonopoly Legislation envisions the creation of
a package of measures to introduce such systems into the business
practices of market participants. In other words, as a start FAS
Russia needs to create positive legal consequences for companies
that on their own
