Protection of competition as a necessary condition for ensuring economic security

The article is devoted to the protection of free competition in the context of ensuring the economic component of the national security of the Russian Federation. The author gives a general picture of the state of competition, special attention is paid to the protection of competition in the field of procurement for state or municipal needs, including state, defense orders, in the field of preventing the conclusion of anti-competitive agreements and in the field of countering unfair competition. The article makes use of official statistics and the practice of the Federal Antimonopoly Service on complaints and inspections.