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Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) keeps a close eye on antitrust legislation in both crude oil and oil products trading and has recently taken charge of regulating the country's tariffs, including those for oil pipelines. In the second part of an interview with Nefte Compass, FAS deputy head Anatoly Golomolzin talks about the problems the agency is facing and how it is tackling them (NC Dec.22'16).

The Russian gas industry is waiting for key regulatory changes that would see further liberalization of the domestic market, after which the right to export gas by pipeline, staterun Gazprom's sacred cow, might also be granted to independent producers.