Company Apple was accused of deliberately manipulating the prices of its iPhones in retail stores in Russia. Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service said today that the local distributor Applu coordinated the prices at which retailers could distribute its smartphones.
If any of the sellers happened to want to lower the price of the iPhones they were selling, immediately from the company Apple received an email asking him not to change the price. In case of "disobeying" this e-mail request, the seller was threatened that his cooperation with Applem will be terminated immediately.
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Apple he was accused of proceeding in this manner for several years. This action should have taken place between the time of the release of the iPhone 5 and the release of the iPhone 6S. Russian news agency TASS has released a report stating that the aforementioned Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service has not detected any signs of tampering with the latest iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models. Company Apple has not yet responded to requests for comment on these reports.
Finnish letterancThe Times reports that Apple she has a three-month deadline to appeal this decision. If in the appeal process Apple fails, he could be fined up to fifteen percent of his sales in Russia. Russia's antitrust regulator said that Apple he cooperated with the investigation and has already stopped his pricing practices. Steps were also taken to prevent similar behavior in the future.
This is the second case where Russia has taken action against a top company focused on the production and distribution of smartphones. Last year, Google was fined for preventing phone makers from displaying rival search engines on the home screens of their devices.
Source: TheVerge
He can do whatever he wants, can't he??
I don't understand it either. If cooperation, then perhaps not on both sides and with compliance with the terms of cooperation.