In 2017, Russia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) dealt
with and talked about digital markets a lot. "Today's
markets differ considerably from those we had before; all
industries are becoming digital," says[1] the
Deputy Head of FAS. The digital economy gives rise to goods with
features that differ greatly from those of goods in the traditional
market economy: these goods are intangible, have limitless
reproducibility, zero replicating costs and global circulation. A
number of landmark cases in which FAS applied its new approach to
modern markets have impacted the antimonopoly law enforcement
landscape in recent years.
In Google, FAS used a new approach to the calculation
of a fine for the abuse of dominance committed. While a dominant
position was established in the market for the distribution of the
Google Play store, the fine was calculated on the basis of proceeds
generated in adjoining markets.
