Tag: Russia
Russia Warns Apple Over Abuse Of Dominant Market Position
Russia's Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS) has warned Apple over what it called the US technology giant's "abuse of its dominant position" in the distribution...
Yandex Buys Uber Out Of Food Delivery Partnership In $1B Deal
Yandex has struck a US$1 billion deal to buy out US ride-hailing giant Uber from a host of the pair’s joint ventures in Russia,...
Russia Fines Booking.com $17.5M For Breaking Antitrust Laws
Russia's federal anti-monopoly service (FAS) has slapped a 1.3 billion rouble ($17.52 million) fine on hotel reservation website Booking.com or violating anti-monopoly law, the regulator...
Russian Court Fines Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, Again
A Russian court on Thursday fined Twitter 17 million roubles ($229,730), Facebook 15 million roubles and WhatsApp 4 million roubles over their refusal to...
Russia Launches Price-Fixing Probe Into Supermarkets
Russian competition authorities have launched an investigation into the country’s largest supermarket chains on suspicion of colluding to raise food prices, reported The Moscow...
Russia Fines Google Over Removal Of Banned Content
A Moscow court fined Google a total of 14 million roubles ($190,398) for violating Russian rules on banned content, the penalty coming amid a...
Russia Opens Case Against WhatsApp Over Data
Russia on Friday, July 31, launched administrative proceedings against Facebook's WhatsApp for what it stated was a failure to localize data of Russian users...
Russia Fines Facebook And Twitter
A Russian court fined US social media firms Facebook and Twitter on Thursday for failing to delete illegal content, the latest salvo in a standoff between...
Russia’s Yandex Pulls Out Of Fashion Merger With KupiVIP
Russian tech giant Yandex said on Friday it was pulling out of a deal to buy online fashion retailer KupiVIP, but is considering alternative...
Russia Fines Apple For Market Abuse
Russia’s competition regulator fined Apple 906 million rubles (US$12.1 million) for abusing its market position by favoring its own services on the App Store,...