Google fined for breaking Russian antitrust rules with Android

New York

RUSSIAN antitrust officials fined Google US$6.8 million on Thursday, a relatively small penalty that nevertheless represents the latest in a growing list of global regulatory problems for the US search giant.

Russian authorities ruled last year that Google had abused its market position with Android, its mobile operating system, by favouring some of its digital services over those of rivals, including the Russian company Yandex.