MOSCOW, August 8Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on optimizing the public procurement procedure, which will establish a uniform procedure for granting preference to domestic goods. The corresponding document is posted on the portal of official publication of legal acts.
The law was developed to further simplify the processes and procedures for purchasing domestic products in accordance with the laws on the contract system in the sphere of public procurement (44-FZ) and on the purchase of goods (works, services) by state corporations, state companies and natural monopolies (223-FZ). 
The law establishes legal grounds for a complete ban or restrictions on participation in tenders for certain foreign goods (works, services). In particular, it provides for a transition from the «third wheel» principle to a more stringent one — «second wheel» (when foreign bids are withdrawn from tenders if there is at least one Russian one). It is assumed that this will increase incentives for investing and increasing production of Russian products.
Another preference will be the application of a coefficient to all Russian goods that improves the price offer of domestic companies by 15%. In the event of competition between several domestic products, preference will be given to a product with a higher technological level of production localization, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin explained earlier.
According to him, the rules for conducting competitive purchases and selecting the winner should be as simple and clear as possible for all parties and be based on the unconditional priority of Russian brands. This will stimulate the creation of new domestic production facilities, including in radio electronics, metallurgy, railway and agricultural machinery, the automotive industry, machine tool manufacturing, textile, furniture, pharmaceutical industries and other areas that are important for the country.
The law, which also contains other provisions, will come into force on October 1, 2024, with the exception of certain provisions for which a different deadline has been established. Moreover, most of the changes will apply to relationships that arose from January 1, 2025.