Russian antitrust delays decision on fine for Google till Wed

MOSCOW, Jun 27 (PRIME) -- Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service has postponed the date of making a decision on the amount of a fine for Google, which was earlier found guilty of abusing its dominant position on the market of preinstalled application stores, until Wednesday from Tuesday, the service’s press service said Monday.

“The commission on setting the fine for Google was delayed until June 29, 2 p.m. Moscow time,” a service spokesperson said.

In early June, the antitrust authority’s Director Igor Artemyev said the service saw encouraging signs of Google’s readiness for dialogue and could reduce fine to 1% from 7% of turnover on the market, where it had committed violations.

The antitrust service has already delayed hearings to decide on the amount of the fine for Google several times.

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