MOSCOW, 13 Aug. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Russia said that the Magnit retailer was hindering the inspection of the department, company officials would be brought to administrative responsibility for this. Tander JSC (the Magnit retail chain) was preventing the FAS Russia from carrying out a legal inspection. the business center illegally blocks the passage of FAS employees into the building, claiming that Magnit employees are not at their workplaces in the building. Company officials will be held administratively liable, «the ministry said in a statement. for unimpeded access to the premises, inspection, receipt of documents and explanations, if necessary, photographs and video recordings are made, copies of documents are taken. The FAS announced earlier on Friday that it is conducting unscheduled anti-cartel checks against the largest Russian retailers — X5 Group (retail chains Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, Karusel), Magnit and Lenta — for an anticompetitive conspiracy. price increases and maintenance may be involved. In the event of anticompetitive collusion, an antitrust case will be initiated, and companies may face a turnover fine of up to 15% of annual revenues. The department indicated that the turnover of audited organizations at the end of 2020 exceeds 4 trillion rubles. Thus, the cumulative fine can reach 600 billion rubles.
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