MOSCOW, Feb 27 (Reuters) – U.S. tech big Apple has paid a 906 million rouble ($12.12 million) high quality in a Russian antitrust case alleging abuse of its dominance within the cellular apps market, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) stated on Monday.
Apple, which didn't instantly reply to a request for remark, has beforehand “respectfully disagreed” with a FAS ruling that Apple's distribution of apps by means of its iOS working system gave its personal merchandise a aggressive benefit.
The FAS decided in August 2020 that Apple had abused its dominant place, then issued a directive requiring Apple to take away provisions giving it the precise to reject third-party apps from its App Retailer.
That transfer adopted a criticism from cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab, which had stated a brand new model of its Protected Children software had been declined by Apple's working system.
“Apple has paid a 906 million rouble antitrust high quality,” the FAS stated in an announcement on its Telegram channel.
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Apple had appealed the choice at varied levels, however had been unsuccessful and in the end complied with the order, the FAS stated.
In a separate case, the FAS in January stated it had fined Apple round $17.4 million for allegedly forcing Russian builders to make use of Apple's fee companies with the iOS App Retailer.
Apple paused all product gross sales in Russia a yr in the past, after Moscow despatched its armed forces to Ukraine, and restricted its Apple Pay service in Russia.
($1 = 74.7265 roubles)
Reporting by Caleb Davis and Alexander Marrow; Modifying by Kevin Liffey
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