Provisions of the project of the Federal law "On the bases of state regulation of prices (rates)" achievement of the objectives delivered by the authors?

The authors analyze the provisions of the draft federal law «On the fundamentals of state regulation of prices (rates)», developed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service and submitted for public discussion. It is concluded that, since the project does not include and does not clarify many issues that are relevant to improving the system of state regulation in Russia, for example, the specifics of regulating natural monopolies, the economic principles of regulatory methods, the allocation of costs and the establishment of prices by consumer groups and types of goods (services), its further discussion is necessary.