Author: Olga Prokopeva

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MART (Ministry of Antimonopoly Regulation and Trade) inspected 12 out of 16 stores of the Russian electronics chain DNS and found violations in every one. Among them — incomplete product information, missing price tags, and failure to comply with the mandatory assortment.

Based on the results of the inspection, MART issued 6 recommendations and 5 orders prohibiting the sale of goods with expired shelf life — in particular, cartridges and black ink. Also found in the stores were goods without certificates of conformity, including refrigerators, washing machines, and freezers. MART will report this to Gosstandart (the State Standardization Committee).

From January through August 2026, MART inspected more than 3.7 thousand retail facilities, resulting in more than 1.6 thousand recommendations and 480 orders prohibiting the sale of goods. The amount of fines in the sphere of trade exceeded 105.8 thousand rubles.

During price control, violations were found at more than 220 business entities. They were issued 112 orders to remedy the violations. The amount of fines totaled more than 235.6 thousand rubles, including based on materials from previous years.

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