Deputies saw a beer conspiracy in Russia

Transnational concerns have monopolized the market and dictate terms

Fair Russia deputies Dmitry Gusev, Mikhail Delyagin, Igor Ananskikh, Nikolai Novichkov and Andrey Kuznetsov today addressed the FAS with a request to check beer monopolists for cartel agreements.

– Large beer producers came up with a bad joke for April 1st. They decided to raise prices on that day to 15%,” State Duma deputy Dmitry Gusev, first deputy leader of the “A Just Russia – For Truth” faction, comments on the MK news. “It looks like a cartel.” Such coordinated actions are possible only in conditions of monopolization of the industry. Especially when the three largest brewing companies occupy almost 70% of the market.

Parliamentarian Dmitry Gusev noted that transnational concerns at one time bought up almost the entire Russian beer industry. At the same time, destroying trademarks and entire factories.

As a result, management of the beer companies passed to the Russian leadership. But this did not change the structure of the market. It is not surprising that in such conditions, some brands have risen in price by 50-80% over the past year, and the share of domestic beer in stores is declining. Therefore, my colleagues and I turned to the head of the FAS, Maxim Shaskolky, with a request to check the actions of the largest brewing companies and promptly take action,” concluded Spravednoross, 1st Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Control Committee Dmitry Gusev.