The monitoring, organized by by the Prosecutor General’s Office , made it possible to suppress attempts to increase prices since the beginning of the pandemic .., reports TASS citing the agency.
Inspectors, in particular, have established monitoring and cooperation with Federal Antimonopoly Service , except In addition, regular supervision checks were organized. Prosecutors actively dealt with reports of violations of pricing laws.
Thus, it was possible to achieve a reduction in food prices and prevent their growth in Khakassia, Bashkortostan, Trans-Baikal and Altai Territories, Lipetsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Kursk, Kaluga and Kurgan Regions, Moscow and other regions.
In total, in the first half of 2020, over 600 violations in the field of food pricing were identified.
At the end of December 2020, the Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree according to which the government will be able to introduce price caps for certain categories of essential goods. Such government measures will be valid for up to 90 days.