We are not against there not being feudal lords, we are in favor of not having serfs." At the Platform Economy Day Plenary, they announced the emergence of modern serfdom.
Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration Maxim Orshkin explained to the host of the event why he is in favor of introducing restrictions on platforms, despite his statement last year in an interview with Expert about the positive effect of the lack of regulation in this area on the economy.
The platform, being effectively a single window of access to the world, if it has no competition, can, of course, profit from suppliers and consumers. Therefore, by maintaining competition and limiting opportunities for such base feudalism, the state must prove itself.
The appearance of modern serfdom was announced by the head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Maxim Rashnikov.
When a venture is connected to a platform that holds a customer base, all the leads that exist, and it is impossible to transfer the same card, which has been invested a lot, where customers are connected, from platform to platform - this is modern serfdom.
Reshetnikov suggested thinking about how to enable the transfer of business data without destroying the platforms' incentives to invest in commodities. "We are not against not having feudal lords, we are in favor of not having serfs," the head of the Ministry of Economic Development said sarcastically.