OREANDA-NEWS. July 22, 2013. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) will consider a case against “Russian Post” Federal State Unitary Enterprise upon violating Part 1 Article 10 of the Federal Law “On Protection of Competition”.

The case was initiated on 30th May 2013 upon a petition of “Delta-Cargo” Ltd. that “Russian Post” violated the antimonopoly law. According to the petitioner, the monopolist created discriminatory conditions on for the persons transporting (organizing transportation) mail by air transport. “Russian Post” in the person of its branch the Main Centre for Mainline Mail Transportation - concluded contracts for transporting mail by air.

Mail transportation is an integral part of providing postal services, and restricting entry to the market of mail air transportation is a serious violation of the rules of competition.