Russian Minister: Google Has Been Violating Competition for Years
June 16 2016 - 5:25AM
Dow Jones News
By Olga Razumovskaya
ST. Petersburg, Russia--Alphabet Inc.'s Google "has been
systematically violating competition" for years in Russia, Russian
Communications Minister Nikolai Nikiforov said on the sidelines of
the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
After a Russian court upheld a ruling by Russia's competition
watchdog that Google had abused the dominant position of its
Android mobile-phone operating system this year, the company has
been in court to prove that it hasn't violated Russian anti-trust
law.
Earlier in June head of Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service
Igor Artemyev said that the watchdog was prepared for the amicable
settlement with Google, though he added that the fine for its
violations would be no less than 1% of the company's revenue in
Russia.
Mr. Nikiforov's comment on Thursday come in support of FAS's
stance against Google which says that Google's practice of
bundling, or pre-loading, its own apps and services on handsets
using Android software, is illegal.
The minister added that it was up to FAS to determine the amount
of the fine against Google.
A spokeswoman for Google in Russia declined to comment on the
minister's remearks.
Write to Olga Razumovskaya at olga Razumovskaya@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
June 16, 2016 05:10 ET (09:10 GMT)
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