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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

Russian antimonopoly watchdog warns Google over terms on app developers

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has issued a warning to Google's Russian subsidiary, suspecting the company of abuse of dominance in connection with its allegedly adverse contractual terms applied to app developers using Google’s app store for distribution.

14:25 04.07.2022

Booking.com suit over market dominance abuse dismissed by Moscow Commercial Court

The Moscow Commercial Court has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Booking.com B.V. against the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s decision over the abuse of market dominance by the company.

10:52 31.08.2021

Russian watchdog fines Booking.com $17.5 mln for abuse of market power

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Booking.com B.V. managing Booking.com aggregator (The Netherlands) 1.3 billion rubles ($17.5 million) for abusing market dominance.

10:53 27.08.2021

Apple fined $12 million for abuse of market power

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Apple Inc 906.2 million rubles ($12 million) for abuse of dominant position.

17:36 27.04.2021

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog suspects Yandex of market discrimination

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has issued a warning to Yandex company over creation of discriminatory conditions in the search engine.

11:07 25.02.2021

Russian antimonopoly watchdog orders Apple to rectify detected violations by November 30

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia (FAS) has issued to Apple a notice of violation obliging the corporation to ensure competitive environment for developers of mobile applications.

17:43 28.08.2020

Antimonopoly watchdog reveals $11 mln cartel agreement at Siberian hydropower plant

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found out that two companies made an anticompetitive agreement concerning the procurement of construction works at the Sayano-Shushenskaya hydroelectric power project.

12:59 24.07.2020

Antimonopoly watchdog opens case against ex-Irkutsk Region governor

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has opened an administrative case against a former governor of the Irkutsk Region Sergey Levchenko over alleged law violations during construction of a new airport terminal in Irkutsk.

13:50 28.04.2020

State Duma adopts bill on antimonopoly compliance

The State Duma has adopted in the third and final reading a bill on antimonopoly compliance, a system of measures aimed to prevent companies from violation of antimonopoly law.

16:08 20.02.2020

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog orders HeadHunter to cease violating competition law

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found HeadHunter company guilty of breaching the law on competition as it had blocked access to its services for employers using alternative automated recruitment platforms.

16:55 26.12.2019

Russia’s FAS fines Samsung subsidiary $38,000 for smartphone price arrangement

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Samsung Russian subsidiary 2.5 million rubles (about $38,000) for unlawful coordination of prices of smartphones and tablets.

17:57 27.08.2019

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 antimonopoly service suspects Philips importer of smartphone price regulation

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has opened a case against Sangfei CEC Electronics Rus, an official importer of Philips production, over alleged price regulation for smartphones.

14:48 06.06.2019

Antimonopoly case launched against major Internet provider

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has launched a case against Russian major digital service provider Rostelecom over alleged violation of the competition protection law.

17:16 29.05.2019

Chocolate-maker fined $4,000 for unfair competition – Russian antimonopoly service

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Manchester Group Ltd 250,000 rubles (nearly $4,000) for unfair competition in using SWISS ORIGINAL trademark misinforming consumers about the chocolate production source.

11:46 20.05.2019

Russian mobile operator MegaFon guilty of discriminatory practices – antimonopoly watchdog

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) found MegaFon, one of the largest mobile operators in Russia, responsible for discriminatory practices against private companies.

09:54 17.05.2019

National roaming abolished in Russia

President of Russia Vladimir Putin has signed a bill abolishing national mobile roaming into law.

15:15 28.12.2018

Russian lawmakers move towards abolishment of national roaming

The State Duma lawmakers adopted in a final third reading on Wednesday a bill envisaging abolishment of mobile roaming inside the country’s territory.

17:51 19.12.2018

Russian antimonopoly watchdog launches case over raise of prices for digital set-up boxes

The Federal Antimonopoly Service has launched a case against large retailers like Eldorado, Ulmart and thers over increase in prices for digital set-up boxes.

18:05 13.12.2018