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Everything is according to the plan of the gentlemen. What quacks like a duck looks like a duck - and is a duck. If the supreme authorities use the vocabulary of the USSR in communication with the people and the outside world, declare the continuity of the USSR, call the collapse of the evil empire the greatest tragedy of our time, then sooner or later they will begin to restore the USSR and its principles in the economy. As the saying goes, those who do not understand the first time will be shown again. It looks like this time it came to regulating the prices of goods. The Federal Antimonopoly Service is preparing a bill to limit the mark-up on products in retail chains. Nobody seems to remember how this regulation turned out for the first time. FAS proposed to limit the rise in food prices. As it became known to Forbes, on August 13, the department held a meeting with representatives of retail chains, at which steps were discussed to adjust trade margins, including the preparation of a relevant bill The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is preparing a bill regulating food prices: the agency wants to propose to limit the markup of retail chains, says a Forbes source familiar with the details of the negotiations. Information about the initiative is confirmed by a Forbes source close to one of the meeting participants and a federal official. An FAS spokesman declined to comment. What the antimonopoly service offers According to Forbes, a source close to one of the meeting participants, the FAS meeting with representatives of retail chains, where they discussed steps to adjust trade margins, took place on Friday, August 13. The fact of the meeting was also confirmed by Forbes sources in two major retailers. On the same day, a representative of the department reported on unscheduled field checks in the retail chains Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, Karusel, Lenta and Magnit. ", Which may be caused by collusion. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is preparing a bill regulating food prices: the agency wants to propose to limit the markup of retail chains, says a Forbes source familiar with the details of the negotiations. Information about the initiative is confirmed by a Forbes source close to one of the meeting participants and a federal official. An FAS spokesman declined to comment. What the antimonopoly service offers According to Forbes, a source close to one of the meeting participants, the FAS meeting with representatives of retail chains, where they discussed steps to adjust trade margins, took place on Friday, August 13. The fact of the meeting was also confirmed by Forbes sources in two major retailers. On the same day, a representative of the department reported on unscheduled field inspections in the retail chains Pyaterochka, Perekrestok, Karusel, Lenta F 19 and Magnit F 4. The FAS indicated that the purpose of the inspections is to “prevent an unjustified increase the cost of socially significant food products ”, which may be caused by collusion. FAS came with "anti-cartel" checks to the largest grocery retailers According to a source familiar with the details of the negotiations, legislative changes on mark-ups are needed to "increase transparency." Despite the preparation of the bill, the networks have been asked to adjust the markups on a voluntary basis. Next week, a new meeting will be held at the FAS, where a list of goods and a methodology for adjusting their mark-up will be expected from the chains, says a Forbes interlocutor. At the end of July, President Vladimir Putin called on the FAS, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the heads of regions to actively monitor the situation with food prices. At a meeting on Friday, FAS representatives reported the results. According to them, the markups are significant: millet - 44%, beets - 41%, tea - 40%, rye bread - 30%, says a Forbes source familiar with the details of the negotiations. According to Forbes, a source in one of the major retailers, the meeting on margins was "moral and political." “After that, a check is carried out whether the networks comply with the instructions, and based on the results of the check - the consequences (in case of non-fulfillment - fines, sanctions, and so on). Now under close scrutiny are those networks that were in yesterday's news [X5 networks, Magnit, Lenta] ", - says the source of Forbes. How the adjustment affects the market “There are already bills and a government decree that allow us to regulate prices. But from a legal point of view, it is practically impossible to do anything with markups in the networks now, ”says a source close to one of the participants in the meeting. “Regulation of pricing is a detrimental story for trade in general, because when you fix the minimum mark-up on any product, then it needs to be compensated for in something else. In addition, it interferes with the agreements between retailers and suppliers, ”says a Forbes source in a large retailer. On the other hand, according to him, the "huge" diversification of the assortment allows you to play with prices. Retail chains periodically revise the cost of goods, especially socially significant ones, because a decrease in the markup can generate customer traffic, adds a Forbes source. A representative of Lenta confirmed the meeting for Forbes. The representative of "Azbuka Vkusa" said that he was not aware of the meeting. Lenta, Metro CC and X5 Retail Group declined to comment. Forbes sent inquiries to Vkusville and Magnet. From here There is no doubt that attempts to regulate prices will lead to the disappearance of high quality goods, or to the emergence of surrogates, such as chicory coffee instead of coffee, cheese product instead of cheese, paper sausage instead of decent sausage. Or it will lead to Putin's dozen of eggs consisting of 8 pieces, a liter of milk from 800 milliliters, and a kilogram of sugar from 700 grams and a liter of gasoline from 900 milliliters. Or the deficit will simply return - exactly as it was in the USSR. It makes no sense to produce a product if you have to sell it below the cost price, because it seems that in the mid-80s in the USSR everyone understood this. But it seems that the rake is needed more than ever. What quacks like a duck looks like a duck - and will become a duck. There is simply no other way. Either you are pursuing a liberal economic policy, or the ugliest Soviet economic phenomena will return very quickly. And the faster and more actively the authorities will do this, the faster everything will manifest itself. What don't you believe? Didn't you believe in a dozen of 9 eggs either? Read How the history of the collapse of the USSR repeats itself