Press Release: Competition: Vice President Almunia signs cooperation agreement with Russian competition authority

Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission in charge of competition policy, and Igor Artemyev, Head of the Russian Anti Monopoly Service (FAS), have signed in Brussels a Memorandum of Understanding to increase cooperation between the competition authorities of the EU and Russia. The Memorandum of Understanding provides a framework for administrative cooperation, dialogue and exchanges between the Commission's competition department and Russia's competition authority.