The Federation Council proposed limiting marketplaces with a market share of more than 25%. The Association of Internet Trade Companies called the initiative harmful.
Online retailers believe that this will harm the development of small and medium-sized businesses and also have a negative impact on customers. The head of the Federal Antimonopoly Service, Maxim Shaskolsky, previously said that Wildberries and OZON had established a dominant position in the market. Wildberries called this expected. The Federation Council Committee on Economic Policy, Andrei Kutepov, announced work on a bill that would introduce a maximum share.