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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 court to examine Apple's appeal in case over recovery of $12 mln fine

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals is to rule on the issue of the legality of a 906.2 million-ruble (about $12 million) fine imposed by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) upon Apple Inc. for abuse of market dominance on August 30.

13:30 04.08.2022

Russian antimonopoly watchdog fines Google $34 mln for breaching competition rules

Russia's competition watchdog fined Youtube’s owner Google 2 billion roubles (about $34 million) on Tuesday for the lack of transparency, predictability and objectivity in the video sharing platform’s user and content moderation policies.

17:40 26.07.2022

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

Appeal of Booking.com in dispute with Russian antimonopoly watchdog set for November

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals will consider an appeal lodged by Booking.com B.V. against the Moscow Commercial Court’s ruling saying the company abused its market dominance by imposing unfavorable terms of contracts on Russian hotels as stated by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS), on November 11.

19:11 21.10.2021

Booking.com files appeal in dispute with Russian antimonopoly watchdog

Booking.com B.V. filed an appeal against the decision of the Moscow Commercial Court saying the company abused its market dominance by imposing unfavorable terms of contracts on Russian hotels as stated by the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS).

12:07 08.10.2021

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 fines Kaspersky Lab for violating advertising law

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) has fined company Kaspersky Lab 100,000 rubles (about $1,500 at the current exchange rate) for violating the law on advertising.

12:03 19.03.2021

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

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

Yandex fined $2,000 for inappropriate abortion advertising

The Moscow Directorate of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Yandex company 150,000 rubles ($2,000) for distribution of inappropriate abortion advertising.

11:20 09.12.2020

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

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog initiates case against chocolate manufacturer Lindt

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has opened a case against company Lindt und Sprüngli (Russia) after finding differences in the quality of chocolate products sold under the same Lindt brand in Russia and in Western European countries.

17:02 25.08.2020

Sunlight jewelry retailer, MTS mobile operator suspected of spamming

Moscow’s Directorate of the Federal Antimonopoly Service has opened a case against jewelry retailer Sunlight and mobile operator MTS over ads spamming.

17:53 24.08.2020

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog warns LinguaLeo online service over unethical advertising

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has issued a warning to LinguaLeo, an online English language learning service, over violation of the law on advertising.

13:30 24.08.2020

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog finds two oil traders guilty of fuel price fixing

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found two largest Russian oil trading companies guilty of making a cartel agreement during a fuel stock trading in 2018.

12:01 19.08.2020

Russian antimonopoly body fines company claiming drug Arbidol is effective against COVID-19

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has imposed a 200,000 rubles (about $2,700) fine on OTC Pharm company for an advertisement claiming medicine Arbidol was therapeutically effective against the coronavirus.

12:00 14.08.2020

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

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