Overview
- Central bank chief Elvira Nabiullina sent a letter proposing a ban on price differences by payment method and a ban on selling products of marketplaces’ subsidiary banks, with the Federal Antimonopoly Service added to oversight.
- The Economy Ministry confirmed receipt and said current law already allows the government to set price requirements on platforms, stressing that any limits must be assessed comprehensively for their market effects.
- Wildberries/Russ called the measures excessive and said banning sales of affiliated banks’ products would effectively block those banks’ operations, while Ozon cited an equal‑access loyalty program under discussion with 17 banks.
- Major lenders including Sberbank, VTB, T‑Bank, Alfa‑Bank and Sovcombank earlier asked the State Duma to require a single price regardless of payment instrument and to ban direct discounts.
- Wildberries founder Tatiana Kim warned in a new letter that prohibiting payment‑linked discounts would weaken competition, stall business growth and accelerate inflation.