From Individual.com: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has urged the government to eliminate causes that contribute to monopolism and restrict competition, Gazprom-owned NTV channel reported on 26 February.

Speaking at a government session devoted to the discussion of a programme for the development of competition to 2012, Putin said: “The government has already submitted to the State Duma a package of draft laws on improving the antimonopoly legislation….. Full Article: Source