1. Is the mandatory merger control regime in force in
Russia?
Yes. State control over economic concentration, official
anti-monopoly guarantees, is one of the forms of state control over
the economic sphere of business entities.
2. Which authority is responsible for the merger control
regime in Russia?
State anti monopoly control over economic concentration in the
Russian Federation is carried out by a specially authorised federal
executive body - the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS).
3. What is the definition of concentration?
Market (economic) concentration is understood as the
concentration of economically significant features or
characteristics in the hands of a certain number of economic
entities (units or information carriers).
