Roskomnadzor (RKN) threatened to slow down the traffic of Google services if the Internet giant does not remove all “prohibited content” within 24 hours. On Monday, May 24, Russian news agencies report this, citing a press release from the department, which indicates that up to 30 percent of links to content prohibited in Russia are retained in the search engine, and 5 thousand prohibited videos have not been removed from the YouTube video hosting site, including including 3.5 thousand with “calls to extremism.”
If all controversial content is not removed within 24 hours, the department intends to draw up a protocol under the Code of Administrative Offenses, the repeated violation of which provides for a fine of up to 10 percent of annual revenue. “Roskomnadzor does not exclude a slowdown in the traffic of the company’s services in Russia,” the message says.
Earlier, Roskomnadzor has already drawn up protocols on Google three times for selective removal of links to prohibited sites; the courts imposed fines on the company from 700 thousand to 3 million rubles.
On May 24, the Kommersant newspaper reported that the Internet concern had filed a lawsuit against Roskomnadzor for the first time, challenging the requirement to remove 12 links to YouTube videos, which RKN considers calls to participate in rallies in January 2021.
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The most high-profile cases of cartel agreements
Highest fine …
… for a cartel agreement, the European Commission imposed on four truck manufacturers. The penalty for price collusion totaled 2.93 billion euros. The lion’s share was paid by the Daimler concern – a billion euros. The scandal also involved Iveco, Volvo / Renault and DAF. Truck manufacturer MAN avoided a fine by helping to expose the collusion.
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The most high-profile cases of cartel agreements
Not a conspiracy, but…
… abuse of its position in the market was revealed by the European Commission this year at Google. The dominant position of Google in the search for goods on the web has led to losses from competitors. In June, the European Commission fined the company a record 2.42 billion euros.
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The most high-profile cases of cartel agreements
Libor Rate Manipulation …
… was identified in 2013 in the eight largest banks. Collusion on daily manipulation of the Libor rate (based on which the interest on interbank loans is set) led to the fact that Deutsche Bank, Société Générale, Royal Bank of Scotland, JP Morgan, Citigroup, RP Martin, Barclays and UBS were ordered to pay 1.71 billion Euro.
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The most high-profile cases of cartel agreements
Collusion of CRT manufacturers …
… in 2012 was called a classic antitrust violation. Seven manufacturers of picture tubes were ordered to pay a total fine of 1.47 billion euros. The conspiracy involved Samsung SDI, Thomson, Philips, LG Electronics, Panasonic, Toshiba and MTPD. For almost 10 years they have been dividing the market among themselves. Chunghwa completely escaped the fine due to its assistance in the investigation.
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The most high-profile cases of cartel agreements
Monopolist-recidivist…
… was identified in 2008 after the cartel of auto glass manufacturers was exposed. The EU imposed a € 1.3bn fine on four companies for price fixing. The scandal involved Saint-Gobain from France, Asahi from Japan, Pilkington from Great Britain and Soliver from Belgium. Saint-Gobain paid the most, 896 million euros, because it was already violating antitrust laws.
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The most high-profile cases of cartel agreements
A classic industry conspiracy …
… identified by the EU in 2009 from gas suppliers E.on and Gaz de France. During the construction of the pipeline, they agreed that they would not use it to supply gas to their own markets and thus violated competition regulations. Penalty: 553 million euros for each company.
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The most high-profile cases of cartel agreements
The largest manufacturer of microcircuits …
… Bribed dealers like Media Markt to only have Intel processors. In May 2009, the EU fined the company a billion euros for abusing its dominant market position. Intel has damaged the second-largest chipmaker AMD through unacceptable discounts and direct payments to component manufacturers.
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The most high-profile cases of cartel agreements
Elevator and escalator manufacturers …
… Between 1995 and 2004, they arranged a price fixing, divided the market among themselves and exchanged confidential information. As a result, ThyssenKrupp from Germany, Otis from the USA, Schindler from Switzerland, Kone from Finland, and Mitsubishi Elevator from Japan paid a fine of 992 million euros in 2007.
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