MOSCOW, March 21 - RAPSI. The Volga District Federal Commercial Court will hear on April 21 the Media-Markt-Saturn's appeal against the refusal to cancel the antimonopoly service's decision declaring the company in breach of advertising law.

The Samara Region Commercial Court upheld on August 22, 2011, the service's decision to recognize Media-Markt-Saturn's advertising inappropriate. A commercial court of appeals approved the judgment on December 2011. The company appealed both decisions.

According to the watchdog, Media-Markt-Saturn advertised its laptops at the DFM radio station; the advertisement was on the air in Voronezh, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar and, Kazan. Its advertisement allegedly formed an inferiority complex among those underage individuals who did not have the advertised product.

Additionally, on December 21, 2010, a 100,000-ruble ($3,424) fine was imposed on Media-Markt-Saturn. The watchdog's acts were contested by the company.

The Media Markt chain store is part of Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH and a trade subsidiary of Germany's Metro Group. In December 2006 Media Markt entered the Russian market to set up Media-Markt-Saturn, as a Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH subsidiary.

Media-Saturn-Holding GmbH trade turnover amounted to 19 billion euro in 2008.

The Russian subsidiary's 2008 sales totaled 374 million euros.