The Federal Antimonopoly service does not intend to consider the contract trading networks about a price freeze for two months for socially important products such as collusion and will not pursue their antitrust laws, said Deputy Minister Andrey Kashevarov, peredel RIA Novosti.

The largest Russian retail grocery chain took on Wednesday, 25 February, a joint decision to freeze for two months the prices are about 20 of socially important goods of the first necessity. The decision was supported, in particular, retailers such as Magnit, X5 Retail Group ("Pyaterochka", "Perekrestok", "Karusel"), "Auchan", "Dixie", Metro Cash&Carry, "Tape", "okay",, "globe", "bill", "SELGROS", "Vester", "Platypus".

"Of course, there is the risk assessment of these actions as violations of article 11 of the competition act, so the network addressed to us, which is quite logical, and thereby removed the risks of possible persecution by the Federal Antimonopoly service, said Cooks on the TV channel "Russia 24".

"And it turns out that any action by the Antimonopoly service will not follow, because this initiative fits in quite normal behavior of market participants, based on those economic processes and on the economy of each participant, which were formed at the current time", - said Deputy head of the FAS.

He also added that it did not expect at lower prices on some products price increase "at rest".

The coordinator of the party project "United Russia "public control", state Duma Deputy Irina Yarovaya hoped that the Treaty of retailers about the freezing of prices for socially important products will really be faithfully executed. About the MP said on Thursday, February 26 .

"Any form of social responsibility, which initiates the business itself, of course, can only be welcomed and supported, "said Spring. - Especially on such important topic as the price of food products.

"And although the "code of good practice" as a format-friendly networks to domestic producers, unfortunately, has not justified itself in practice, we, however, hope that this initiative trading networks is sincere and will truly faithfully executed", - said the Deputy.

For its part, said Spring, in the framework of the party project "people's control" "we this information will bring to the attention of our supervisors, and will continue the monitoring of prices in the shops". "So we will be able to objectively assess whether this initiative will be implemented", - concluded the coordinator artproekta.