The mayor's office of Irkutsk is trying to absolve itself of responsibility and transfer it to the school administrators - an expert assessed the trial of cartel conspiracy in school meals The mayor's office of Irkutsk has not yet made a decision on whether they will appeal the decision of the arbitration court, which ordered the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service to initiate a case of cartel conspiracy in the organization of hot meals in schools in Irkutsk. Officials in comments to Siberia Express called the accusations themselves "unfounded and contradictory", but admitted that the anti-monopoly investigation is ongoing (this process does not depend on the decisions of the mayor's office). Such a case is not the first such case in the regions of Russia; Precedents have already turned into criminal cases. "The biggest market cleanup took place in St. Petersburg, where the regional OFAS uncovered a grandiose cartel conspiracy in Kolpinsky district, the amount of which amounted to 594 million rubles. The factories agreed in advance on the distribution of the plots and simulated a competition to keep the prices at the highest possible level," Konstantin Khodayev, a lawyer on Optimum's board of directors, told Siberia Express. "The criminal cases that were brought not only led to the conviction of the beneficiaries of the companies, but also to a series of high-profile resignations among the senior officials of the social administration of the St. Petersburg region, which radically restructured the social administration of St. Petersburg. to market food in the northern capital." Another cartel worth 650 million in the organization of catering in schools, kindergartens and hospitals was discovered in the Samara region. A criminal case was opened regarding the restriction of competition (Article 178 of the Criminal Law). The mayor's office of Irkutsk in the arbitration denied the creation of a cartel and emphasized that its specialized committee for economics and strategic planning is supposedly not related to the development of a procedure for evaluating applications or draft contracts, but only published documentation provided by the heads of the educational institutions, and therefore cannot be held responsible.

The mayor's office of Irkutsk is trying to absolve itself of responsibility and transfer it to the school administrators - an expert assessed the trial of cartel conspiracy in school meals The mayor's office of Irkutsk has not yet made a decision on whether they will appeal the decision of the arbitration court, which ordered the Federal Anti-Monopoly Service to initiate a case of cartel conspiracy in the organization of hot meals in schools in Irkutsk. Officials in comments to Siberia Express called the accusations themselves "unfounded and contradictory", but admitted that the anti-monopoly investigation is ongoing (this process does not depend on the decisions of the mayor's office). Such a case is not the first such case in the regions of Russia; Precedents have already turned into criminal cases. "The biggest market cleanup took place in St. Petersburg, where the regional OFAS uncovered a grandiose cartel conspiracy in Kolpinsky district, the amount of which amounted to 594 million rubles. The factories agreed in advance on the distribution of the plots and simulated a competition to keep the prices at the highest possible level," Konstantin Khodayev, a lawyer on Optimum's board of directors, told Siberia Express. "The criminal cases that were brought not only led to the conviction of the beneficiaries of the companies, but also to a series of high-profile resignations among the senior officials of the social administration of the St. Petersburg region, which radically restructured the social administration of St. Petersburg. to market food in the northern capital." Another cartel worth 650 million in the organization of catering in schools, kindergartens and hospitals was discovered in the Samara region. A criminal case was opened regarding the restriction of competition (Article 178 of the Criminal Law). The mayor's office of Irkutsk in the arbitration denied the creation of a cartel and emphasized that its specialized committee for economics and strategic planning is supposedly not related to the development of a procedure for evaluating applications or draft contracts, but only published documentation provided by the heads of the educational institutions, and therefore cannot be held responsible.