Overview
- Major chains including M.Video-Eldorado, DNS, Detsky Mir, Hoff and others asked Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to cap how much dominant platforms can spend to cut prices at their own expense.
- Retailers proposed ring‑fencing marketplaces’ financial services by moving them into a separate regulated perimeter or barring platform ownership of financial institutions.
- The coalition urged faster VAT collection on online purchases imported by individuals from January 2026 and asked to pursue scrapping the duty‑free threshold via the Eurasian Economic Commission.
- The letter cites unilateral price cuts, rising commissions and penalties, and preferential terms for foreign sellers, primarily from China, as harming domestic producers.
- Separately, lawmaker Kaplan Panesh called for marketplace rules to guarantee lawful consumer discounts online, while bank chiefs and the central bank have promoted a single price regardless of payment method and limits on platforms’ financial products.