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  • PARIS, FRANCE - JUNE 03: In this photo illustration, the logos of the applications, iTunes Store, App Store and iTunes are displayed on the screen of an iPhone on June 03, 2019 in Paris, France. The multimedia application iTunes should disappear tonight at the end of the opening conference of the WWDC held Monday, June 3 in San Jose (California). According to information from several American reference media, the Apple computer group will replace the platform with a trio of independent applications for Mac each responding to a dedicated use: Music, TV and Podcasts. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

    Russia's antitrust watchdog finds Apple abused App Store 'dominance'

    by 
    Igor Bonifacic
    Igor Bonifacic
    08.10.2020

    The agency launched an investigation into Apple after Kaspersky Lab filed a complaint against the company over its rejection of its Safe Kids app.

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    Russia starts antitrust investigation into Booking.com

    by 
    Igor Bonifacic
    Igor Bonifacic
    12.31.2019

    Booking.com has become the latest US tech company to draw the attention of Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS). On Monday, the agency said it plans to investigate the hotel and hostel reservation website for anticompetitive practices.

  • Mike Segar / Reuters

    Russia's main search engine defeats Google in antitrust complaint (updated)

    by 
    Timothy J. Seppala
    Timothy J. Seppala
    04.17.2017

    A little over two years ago, Russia's largest search provider, Yandex, filed a complaint against Google for what it believed were anti-competitive practices. Now, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service has given credence to Yandex's claims and "issued a prescription to Google in order to require the company to remove anti-competitive restrictions from its agreements with manufacturers," according to a press release.

  • Maxim Shemetov / Reuters

    Russia finds Apple guilty of fixing iPhone prices

    by 
    Jon Fingas
    Jon Fingas
    03.14.2017

    Google isn't the only American company facing regulatory trouble in Russia. The country's antitrust body has ruled that Apple is guilty of fixing prices for iPhone 5 and 6 variants at 16 local retailers. Reportedly, the company tracked prices at these stores and would ask them to raise the price if it was ever deemed "unsuitable." If they didn't comply, Apple supposedly had the authority to terminate their reseller deals without so much as an explanation.