HeadHunter sees no impact on business from antitrust warning

MOSCOW, Jan 28 (PRIME) -- Russian online recruiter HeadHunter does not believe that the Federal Antimonopoly Service’s ruling that it violated the competition law will affect its business much and may challenge the ruling at court, the company said late Monday in a statement.

“We think that the measures imposed by the Federal Antimonopoly Service would not exert significant influence on our operations, and we intend to stick to our business practice on protection of personal data on the market,” HeadHunter said.

Earlier in January, the Federal Antimonopoly Service ruled that HeadHunter violated the law on competition by banning clients from working with Robot Vera, designed by firm Stafori, and offered its own solution with similar functions instead.

HeadHunter said it will have to pay a fine that the antimonopoly service defines within a year after making the decision. HeadHunter expects punishment of below 1 million rubles.

The company said that the watchdog concluded that HeadHunter’s actions do not limit all competition on the Russian online recruiting market. “The antimonopoly service said that we violated Stafori’s interests and ordered us to consider their applications for registration of their products in our system if any,” HeadHunter said.

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