1 Relevant Authorities and Legislation
1.1 Who is/are the relevant merger
authority(ies)?
The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation
("FAS") is the main merger authority in Russia. The FAS
is a Governmental service in charge of merger control, and directly
subordinates to the Government of the Russian Federation. The FAS
consists of a central office and 84 regional offices that are
located throughout the Russian Federation.
The central office of the FAS, based in Moscow, is in charge of
merger control over: (i) foreign investments into Russian companies
engaged in one of the strategic activities determined by Russian
law (e.g., space, military, aviation) (the "Strategic
Companies"); (ii) transactions where at least one of the
parties is an entity included in the list of strategic enterprises
and strategic joint stock companies approved by the Decree of the
President of the Russian Federation No. 1009 dated 4 August 2004;
and (iii) transactions
