Igor Artemiev a chief of Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service arrives to Kazan

Chief of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia Igor Artemiev has arrived in Tatarstan with a working visit. He was met by Tatarstan’s Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, first deputy PM Ravil Muratov, and other officials at the international airport “Kazan”.

To the point, Igor Artemiev arrived to participate in the international event “Day of competition in Russia” (September 11-13, 2012). Chiefs of competitive agencies from Austria, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Portugal, Turkey, Ukraine, and other countries, representatives of Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development, BRICS, European Commission, Eurasian Economic Commission and CIS Executive Committee were invited to the event.

The event opened with a session of the international working group on issues of development and performance of oil and oil product markets. A roundtable dedicated to state preferences (government assistance) “Russia – EC” themed: “Ensuring observance of competitive conditions upon rendering government assistance in Russia and EC” will be held later on.

On September 12, Igor Artemiev will hold plenary session of the international conference “Day of competition in Russia”.

Moreover, the Federal state autonomous institution “Training center” of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia will be opened in Kazan.

The Day of competition is an extended session of the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia organised with participation of chiefs and representatives of the Russian and foreign competitive agencies, international organisations and integration groups, countries – members of CIS, representatives of law enforcement and judicial bodies, business, scientific and public communities. Seminars, roundtables, meetings on issues of activity of antimonopoly bodies are held within the framework of the event.

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