Competition watchdog says Google breached competition rules as it ramps up attacks on Western tech companies
The Google app is seen on a smartphone in this illustration photo. Picture: REUTERS/DADO RUVIC
The decision is the latest multimillion-dollar fine as part of Moscow’s increasingly assertive campaign against foreign tech companies. “We will study the text of the official decision to define our next steps,” Google said in a statement.Russia has slapped Google’s Russian subsidiary with numerous fines in recent months. Last week, a court ordered it to pay 21.1-billion roubles over what prosecutors said were repeated refusals to remove content Russia deems illegal, such as “fake news” about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Gazprom Media — a media conglomerate linked to state-controlled gas giant Gazprom — has been heavily promoting RuTube, its Russian alternative to YouTube, which has seen a sharp uptick in traffic since February.
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