Anti-monopoly watchdog checks for cartel of shipping firms

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Given that the EU authorities’ investigations into suspected cartel behaviour by container shipping lines continues, it was probably only a matter of time before Russia’s Federal Antitrust Services also got in on the act – perhaps the only surprise is that it was so long in coming. A full list of those companies whose St Petersburg and Moscow offices were raided on 11 February can be found here. Given the nationalistic inclinations of the Putin regime, is it any surprise that Russian carrier Fesco was not on the list?