Russian court rejects Google’s appeal against antitrust decision

MOSCOW, Aug 17 (PRIME) -- Russia’s Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal has rejected Google’s complaint against a lower court’s decision that supported the antimonopoly service in finding the U.S. giant guilty of abusing its dominance on the market of preinstalled application stores, according to court documents, seen by PRIME on Wednesday.

“The (lower) court’s decision will stay unchanged, and the appeal will not be satisfied,” the documents read.

The Federal Antimonopoly Service said on Tuesday that it did not find a compromise with Google, which it earlier fined with 438 million rubles. The company must pay the penalty within 60 days.

The antitrust case was initiated by Yandex, Google’s main rival on the local search market.

(63.9514 rubles – U.S. $1)

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