MARCH explained how they investigate complaints against bloggers.
According to the head of the Department for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Advertising Control, Ina Gavrilchik, the department does not continuously monitor the blogosphere, but conducts inspections based on citizen complaints, competitor statements or signals for high-profile violations. The violations are confirmed in about two-thirds of the cases, and in the remaining third no grounds for prosecution were found.
As an example of working with citizen inquiries, Ina Gavrilchik cited the verification of the complaint against a blogger who sells ritual accessories and runs a thematic blog on a social network. The department explained that such publication on the Internet is not prohibited if it does not contain offensive or unethical language. In this case, MART did not detect any violations in the developer's activity.