Google Found Guilty of "Abusing Dominant Market Position" In Russia

Posted by samzenpus on Monday September 14, 2015 @08:43AM from the rigged-game dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Russia's anti-monopoly regulator has ruled that Google has violated Russian antitrust laws by requiring that manufacturers pre-install its services on their devices. Stock in Russian search firm Yandex has soared since the ruling. Cnet reports: "The agency, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service, has 10 days to issue a full ruling. In the ruling, Russia can outline adjustments to Google's agreements with mobile device manufacturers, according to the translated statement. But while Google was found guilty of market abuses, a Russian antitrust regulator told The Wall Street Journal the Mountain View, California-based company wasn't found guilty of 'unfair competition practices.' 'We haven't yet received the ruling,' a Google spokeswoman said in an emailed statement. 'When we do, we will study it and determine our next steps.'"

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Re:logic / political lesson by Anonymous Coward · 2015-09-14 13:39 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Yeah, Russia has corruption. So does the US, UK, Germany, Australia, Mexico, etc.. ad infinitum.

We may lynch negroes, but we don't set up entire Gulags and kill them by the million.
When it comes to comparing Russian and western corruption, it's a similar matter of scale.