Igor Artemiev: there should be an Agreement on Cooperation between FAS and the Government of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic

On 1 February 2017, Head of the antimonopoly authority Igor Artemiev and Head of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Yegor Borisov made arrangements to devise an Agreement on Cooperation between the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS Russia) and the Government of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic.

“In FAS you will find friends and protectors of the regions from excessive appetites of natural monopolies”, said Igor Artemiev.

Head of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, Yegor Borisov emphasized the importance of the issues in which FAS is involved and proposed to hold a meeting on tariff policy in November 2017 as part of the events during the Days of the Sakha (Yakutia) Republic in Moscow.

The parties discussed equalizing the tariffs for electric power, tariffs in the housing-and-utility sector, including the tariffs for water trucking and natural gas.

“FAS is for tariff equality of all subjects of the Russian Federation. We supported achieving the average Russian level of electric power tariffs for the regions in the Far East”, pointed out Igor Artemiev.