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Unfair Practices in the Consumer Market

Congress Centre, conference hall E11
Moderator
Mikhail Orlov
State Secretary – Deputy Head, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing
Speakers and experts
Nataliya Belova
Executive Secretary, Working Group in the Field of Trade and Consumer Protection under the Subcommittee on Improving the Control (Supervisory) and Licensing Functions of Federal Bodies under the Government Commission for the Administrative Reform of the Executive Branch
Yury Voronin
Chief Financial Commissioner for the Rights of Consumers of Financial Services
Tagir Kalimullin
Vice President, M.Video-Eldorado
Oleg Pavlov
Chairman, Organization for the Protection of Consumer Rights "Public Consumer Initiative"
Natalia Pavlyuchenko
Deputy Head of the Department of Federal State Control (Supervision) in the Field of Consumer Rights Protection, Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing
Yana Sklyarova
Deputy Head, Department for Control of Advertising and Unfair Competition, Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS Russia)
Participants
Alexey Chirkov
Head of the Regulatory Department of the Consumer Rights Protection and Financial Inclusion Service, The Central Bank of the Russian Federation (Bank of Russia)