Russian court turns down appeal from Google in anti-monopoly case

[August 17, 2016]  MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Wednesday turned down an appeal from Google in an anti-monopoly case over pre-installed applications on mobile devices running the Android operating system, Interfax news agency reported.

Earlier Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog FAS imposed a 438 million ruble ($6.83 million) fine on Google after ruling that the firm had violated Russian anti-monopoly rules.

(Reporting by Alexander Winning, writing by Denis Pinchuk)

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