Public procurement

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Russian prosecutors urge timely aid to disabled minors from Social Insurance Fund

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has made a submission to the Acting Head of the Social Insurance Fund Alexey Polikashin demanding him to remedy breaches of the legislation on social protection of disabled children and on the contract procurement system.

17:06 02.08.2021

Russian government approves amendments as to launch of cases over embezzlement

The Government Law-Making Commission has approved amendments to the Russian Criminal Procedure Code envisaging certain changes in the procedure governing the initiation of criminal cases over funds allocated for state defense, national projects and state procurement.

17:57 21.04.2021

Russian prosecutors to file claims with commercial courts as to state procurement disputes

Russia’s State Duma has passed in the first reading a bill envisaging that prosecutors are to be given the right to apply to commercial courts with claims concerning disputes over violations of the laws governing defense and public procurement.

15:00 24.03.2021

Russian children’s ombudsman welcomes foreign drug purchase liberalization

Russia’s Child Rights Commissioner has supported liberalization of purchase of certain foreign drugs.

17:26 07.08.2020

Antimonopoly watchdog reveals $11 mln cartel agreement at Siberian hydropower plant

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found out that two companies made an anticompetitive agreement concerning the procurement of construction works at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power project.

12:59 24.07.2020

Russia’s Business Ombudsman urges more active fight against corruption in state procurement

The measures aimed to prevent unscrupulous actions on the part of commissioners in the sphere of state procurement lack efficiency, according to Russia’s Business Rights Commissioner Boris Titov.

18:51 03.06.2020

Russian MPs propose additional requirements for school meal procurement

Lawmakers Mikhail Sheremet and Alexey Zhuravlev have submitted a bill setting supplementary requirements for state procurement in the field of school feeding to the State Duma.

17:50 13.05.2019

Russian government submits state procurement improvement bill to State Duma

Russian government has submitted a bill to improve the state procurement system to the State Duma,.

12:20 05.04.2019

Russian government backs penalty for falsification of expert opinions during procurement

Russian government has approved bills introducing administrative and criminal penalties for knowingly falsifying expert opinions in the field of public procurement.

13:59 22.06.2018

Russian antimonopoly service reveals large medical cartel

Moscow department of the Federal Antimonopoly Agency (FAS) has revealed large cartel between 8 companies participating in auctions over procurement of medical products valued at 1.5 billion rubles ($24.3 million).

12:51 23.05.2018

Putin toughens punishment for state procurement violations

President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill toughening punishment for violations in the field of procurement for state and municipal needs into law.

10:23 24.04.2018

Putin proposes to toughen punishment for procurement violations

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a bill toughening punishment for violations in the sphere of procurement for state and municipal needs to the State Duma.

15:59 12.03.2018

Russian government airline’s ex-head receives 2-year suspended sentence

The Tverskoy District Court of Moscow has given former head of the Special flight detachment Rossiya Yaroslav Odintsev a two-year suspended sentence for abuse of office during execution of purchase contracts.

17:27 12.12.2017

Russian antimonopoly watchdog launches case over medical cartel

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has launched a case over cartel of medical products’ suppliers at 185 auctions across Russia.

11:56 23.10.2017

Russian antimonopoly watchdog reveals cartel that supplied food to police

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found guilty participants of 53 reverse auctions for procurement of food and supplementary products for the Interior Ministry.

11:55 03.10.2017

Bill on extension of government’s powers during procurement reaches State Duma

A bill extending the powers of government in the sphere of state procurement contracts has reached the State Duma.

12:53 06.09.2017

State Duma adopts bill on toughened liability for violation of budget legislation

The State Duma has passed amendments to the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses toughening liability for violation of budget legislation.

13:30 26.05.2017

Russian antimonopoly watchdog reveals violations during sales of air tickets

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has revealed violations committed during signing of contracts for purchase of air tickets for servicemen of the Interior Ministry.

14:39 09.02.2017

Bill on prevention of corruption during public procurement to be reviewed by State Duma

Russian government has introduced a bill on prevention of corruption and inefficient use of funds during the public procurement into the State Duma.

10:59 07.06.2016

Two former Russian ministers face abuse of power charges

Two former ministers of the Omsk region stand accused of abuse of power that caused damage to the region's budget estimated at 1,411 billion rubles ($20,1 million).

12:31 15.03.2016