FAS found Google guilty of violation of the competition law

The Commission of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) recognized the actions of Google Inc. and Google Ireland Ltd. Violation of part 1 of Article 10 of the Law “On Protection of Competition”, a representative of the department told Interfax .

The order to stop abuse the dominant position in the market will be sent to the parties within ten working days. The FAS will require Google does not make a condition for installing Google Play to place the services of mobile devices on the first screen of Google's services and application.

The antimonopoly department considered that Google uses manufacturers' interest in presetting the Google Play app store to promote their services, for example, an Internet post.

Google faces a fine of one to 15% annual revenue in the market where the violation was committed. The company has not yet received the FAS decision, RIA Novosti reports . When the corporation receives the order of the department, it will decide whether to dispute it or not.

Yandex quotes on Nasdaq rose by 6.8% after the publication of the FAS decision. Internet companies traded $ 12.04.

To check whether Google violates Russian antitrust legislation, in February 2015, the Yandex Internet company asked .

The Russian company is unhappy that Google provides smartphone manufacturers access to the components of the Android operating system on their own conditions, which allow corporations to influence manufacturers. Including, to prohibit them to cooperate with competing services, explained at Yandex.

The Russian company talked about the need to separate services for users from Android OS.