MOSCOW, November 19 - RAPSI. The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed Aeroflot minority shareholder Igor Shilovsky's lawsuit to obligate the company to provide him information about its procurement activities in 2012, the court told the Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI/rapsinews.com) on Monday.

Shilovsky, who holds less than one percent of the shares in the company, submitted a request to the defendant for information about the guidelines the company followed while making purchases before its provisions on procurement activities were approved.

Earlier, the defendant asked the airline to provide information about its procurement commission - whether it had been established and who controls its activity. He also asked for documents on purchases related to its business activity. He filed the lawsuit after receiving no response.

The defendant said in court that the airline fulfilled the requirements and provided the necessary information to the plaintiff. Information on procurements is openly accessible, the airline added.

In turn, Shilovsky said the company did not provide the requested information. He noted that Federal Law No. 223 regulating the company's procurement activity came into effect in January.

Federal Law No. 223 On the Purchase of Goods, Works, and Services by Specific Legal Entities, sets up general principles guiding purchases by state corporations, federal state unitary enterprises and companies in which the government's stake exceeds 50 percent.

Pursuant to the law, the defendants had to approve and publish on its website in the first quarter of this year its provisions for purchasing and establishing procurements, as well as its procurement, and contract conclusion and execution procedures.

According to the airline's website, the company approved the provisions in April.