Putin Signs Law for State Price Monitoring Across Food Supply Chain

Putin signed a law on monitoring prices throughout the entire supply chain of food products — from the producer to the store — to track food prices.

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Vladimir Putin signed a law on August 4 regarding monitoring food prices across the entire supply chain.
The law will come into effect on January 1, 2027.
The law allows government agencies to access data from the Federal Tax Service (FNS) on food producers and retailers.
The data includes tax declarations, accounting reports, and audit conclusions.
The monitoring targets products and services used by Rosstat to calculate inflation.
The purpose is to analyze price increases and identify causes of inflation across all stages of the supply chain.
The law preserves commercial confidentiality, and data disclosure is prohibited except as allowed by tax law.
The government will determine the list of products subject to monitoring.

Putin signed a separate law on August 4 that changes rules for state and municipal procurement, allowing substitution of goods, changing country of origin, increasing contract value, and splitting contracts — with most provisions taking effect from October 1, 2026, except for the splitting rule, which has retroactive effect. — tg_theinsider
On July 26, Putin signed a law on comprehensive support for artificial intelligence development in Russia. — vm
The law on price monitoring was published on the legal acts portal, and the government will define the list of monitored products. — vedomosti
The law allows monitoring of prices on all stages of food product movement, including access to financial data from tax declarations, accounting, and audit reports. — kommersant