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Russian Antimonopoly Service Fines Apple $17.3Mln for Market Dominance Abuse

In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 file photo, the logo of Apple is illuminated at a store in the city center in Munich, Germany. Apple said late Wednesday Sept. 1, 2021, it is relaxing rules to allow some app developers such as Spotify, Netflix and digital publishers to include an outside link so users can sign up for paid subscription accounts. In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 file photo, the logo of Apple is illuminated at a store in the city center in Munich, Germany. Apple said late Wednesday Sept. 1, 2021, it is relaxing rules to allow some app developers such as Spotify, Netflix and digital publishers to include an outside link so users can sign up for paid subscription accounts.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 17.01.2023InternationalIndiaAfricaMOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Russia Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) announced on Tuesday that it fined Apple 1.2 billion rubles ($17.3 million) for imposing the use of its payment system in the applications of Russian developers. “FAS fined Apple 1.2 billion rubles. This is the amount the company must pay for abuse of dominant market position. In July 2022, the service recognized the company as violating antimonopoly legislation. Apple imposed on Russian developers of iOS applications the need to use the company’s payment system in their applications,” the statement read. Apple has two months to pay the fine starting from the day the document on the imposition of the fine enters into effect, the service added.

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