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Google remedies antitrust violations in Google Play – Russian antimonopoly watchdog

Google LLC has remedied breaches of Russian fair competition laws regarding its restrictions on making payments to application developers from Russia, the press service of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) informs.

12:19 07.09.2022

Regional Civic Center of Internet Technologies files complaint against Google with FAS

The Regional Civic Center of Internet Technologies (RCCIT) filed a complaint with Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) that Google LLC had violated antitrust legislation as concerned the abuse of its market power.

17:45 09.12.2020

Russian antimonopoly watchdog says Apple abuses its apps market power

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) has found that Apple Inc. abuses its domination on the iOS apps market power with respect to distribution of instruments and means for development of parent control programs.

11:07 11.08.2020

Russian antimonopoly watchdog suspects Apple of abuse of market power

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) has opened an antitrust investigation into Apple Inc. over alleged abuse by the corporation of its iOS apps distribution market power. The case will be heard on September 13.

12:04 08.08.2019

Russian competition watchdog opens case against Google

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service opened a case against Google which stands accused of using Android mobile operating system for promotion of its own services.

16:05 20.02.2015

Kiev court reaffirms termination of Naftogaz monopoly on gas market

On February 5, the Kiev Administrative Court of Appeals ruled against a motion filed by the government and state-owned oil and gas company Naftogaz against the decision to invalidate government resolutions obliging the country’s largest corporate consumers to buy gas exclusively from Naftogaz.

16:22 06.02.2015

Regulator opens probe of Gazprom for denying Rosneft access to gas pipeline

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service announced on Tuesday that an investigation has been launched of Gazprom which had refused to give Rosneft access to the trans-Sakhalin pipeline.

12:55 02.12.2014

Regulator sues Russian publisher of Cosmopolitan and Esquire

The Moscow department of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has filed five lawsuits against Fashion Press Publishers of the Finnish media holding Sanoma.

17:29 25.11.2014

Antitrust case opened against Russian oil giants, including troubled Bashneft

The Federal Antimonopoly Service announced on Wednesday that a case has been opened against major Russian oil producers Bashneft, Rosneft, Lukoil, and subsidiary of the latter Lukoil-Rezervnefteprodukt over gasoline price increase.

17:43 05.11.2014

Court hearings over access to Sakhalin-II to resume October 20

The commercial court of the Sakhalin Region adjourned the preliminary hearing of a case brought by Rosneft against Sakhalin Energy Investment Company Ltd., an operator of the Sakhalin-II pipeline, until October 20.

11:01 13.10.2014

Lithuanian court to hear Gazprom’s request to drop $48 million antitrust fine

The Vilnius Regional Administrative Court (VAAT) on Tuesday accepted Gazprom’s complaint against a 123 million Lithuanian lita ($48 million/EUR 35.7 million) fine for anti-competitive behavior, including overcharging customers and blocking rival suppliers, the court’s press secretary told RIA Novosti.

15:11 08.07.2014

Johnson & Johnson Russia contests anti-monopoly fine for improper advertising

The Russian unit of US cosmetic giant Johnson & Johnson has contested the 100,000 rubles ($2,925) fine imposed by the Federal Anti-monopoly Service in the Moscow Commercial Court, the court told RIA Novosti.

14:46 04.07.2014

Court upholds ruling that Novolipetsk Steel did not hike steel prices

The Supreme Commercial Court has upheld previous appeals court decisions that overruled a Federal Antimonopoly Service decision that implicated Novolipetsk Steel in unjustified transformer steel price hikes for Russian buyers, RAPSI learned in the court on Monday.

16:26 23.06.2014

Kazakh mobile operator Kcell hit with $88 million antitrust fine

The court of Almaty has ruled in favor of Kazakhstan’s Competition Protection Agency in its case against Kcell, the leading mobile operator of Kazakhstan. Kcell is to pay a fine of 16 billion tenge ($88 million).

11:15 11.03.2014

European Commission may open anti-dumping case against Novolipetsk Steel

European steel lobby Eurofer plans to file an anti-dumping case with the European Commission against exports of electrical steel sheet from Russia, Reuter writes on Monday.

10:36 17.02.2014

Uzbekistan court leaves Vimpelcom's Unitel on list of monopolies

A court in the Uzbek capital of Tashkent has rejected an appeal launched by Vimpelcom Uzbek subsidiary Unitel seeking its removal from the country's monopoly registry.

12:45 19.09.2013

Antitrust regulator says Auchan's subsidiary violated trade law

Federal Antimonopoly Service declared Auchan’s subsidiary, Atac, in violatiob of trade law, the service’s statement reads.

12:52 18.09.2013

Russian Railways CEO rejects regulator's price complaints

The head of Russian Railways (RZD) on Friday rejected allegations that the state monopoly willfully inflates rail transport prices. Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) head Igor Artemyev on Tuesday criticized RZD for hiking cargo tariffs to “some of the highest levels in the world.”

16:43 26.07.2013

Rusal subsidiary's claim on wholesale energy market rules dismissed

The Supreme Commercial Court has rejected an appeal by Rusal's Krasnoyarsk aluminum smelter on the rules of the wholesale energy market. The applicant requested the court to invalidate two paragraphs of the wholesale energy market regulations.

14:43 12.07.2013

Antitrust watchdog approves VTB's purchase of Swedish Tele2

Russia’s antitrust watchdog has approved a deal allowing the country’s second-largest lender VTB Bank to buy the cell phone network business of Swedish telecom operator Tele2.

18:25 03.04.2013