Tag: Russia
Russian Court Fines Google For Dominant Position, Again
Alphabet's Google has been fined 4 billion roubles ($47 million) by a Russian court for not paying a previous fine related to accusations of...
DOJ Investigates Binance For Russia Sanction Violations
Federal authorities are reportedly probing whether cryptocurrency exchange Binance violated US sanctions against Russia.
The U.S. Justice Department’s investigation centers on whether the company was...
Russia Releases Its Own ChatGPT Rival Called GigaChat
Sberbank announced the release of GigaChat, a technology designed to compete with ChatGPT in the artificial intelligence chatbot market. The technology is currently in...
Russia Antitrust Regulator Fines Apple For Abuse Of Dominant Position
Russia's competition regulator has fined Apple, say that its forcing of developers to use the App Store payment system is an abuse of the company's dominant position.
The...
Russia Goes After Mobile Operator MTS Over Excessive Price Hikes
On Wednesday Russia's competition watchdog said leading telecoms company MTS violated anti-monopoly legislation in raising the price of some mobile tariff plans well above...
Russia’s Watchdog Adds Meta To ‘Extremists’ List
Russia's financial monitoring agency, Rosfinmonitoring, has added US tech giant Meta to its list of "terrorists and extremists", Russian news agencies reported on Tuesday.
A...
Russia And Brazil Ink Energy Collaboration Plan
Brazil and Russia are tightening energy relations amid the geopolitical turbulence and energy insecurity associated with the latter’s invasion of Ukraine.
On Tuesday, Brazil’s...
Russia Opens Antitrust Probe Into Military Providers
Russia's competition watchdog opened a series of investigations on Friday into price rises for military goods as demand rose amid Moscow's drive to enlist...
Russian Regulators Explore Cross-Border Crypto Payments
Russian authorities are working on a way to use cryptocurrencies for settlements with other nations amid the sanctions related to the Russia-Ukraine war.
The country’s...
Russian Watchdog Says Google Complied With Antitrust Warning Over Play Store
Russia’s anti-monopoly watchdog (FAS) said on Tuesday that Google had taken action to correct antitrust law violations on its Google Play app store.
“Having analysed...