OREANDA-NEWS. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) recognized that "Gasprom" OJSC breached Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law "On Protection of Competition", reported the press-centre of FAS Russia.

The case was initiated upon the petition of "Kazan'orgsynthes" OJSC that "SIBUR Holding" OJSC, "Gasprom" OJSC and "Orenburggazprom" Ltd. violated the antimonopoly legislation in their operations on the ethane market.

According to the petitioner, "Gasprom" OJSC violated the law by groundlessly refusing to enter in an ethane purchase-and-sale contract with "Kazan'orgsynthes" OJSC and instead imposing a contract for processing ethane into polyethylene in 2007.

The decision and determination on the case will be issued within the statutory period.