(Reuters) – A Russian regulation agency on Friday stated it had filed a lawsuit in opposition to U.S. tech large Apple looking for 90 million roubles ($1.28 million) in damages for shoppers affected by Apple withdrawing its payment service from Russia.
Apple didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Law agency Chernyshov, Lukoyanov & Partners stated Apple had violated Russian shoppers’ rights after the corporate restricted using its built-in Apple Pay service on March 1 in response to Moscow sending troops into Ukraine.
The lawsuit, which it stated had been filed with a Moscow court docket, is looking for 90 million roubles in damages, which it stated included compensation for “ethical harm” precipitated to residents.
It additionally needs Apple to renew operation of Apple Pay providers for Russian users.
The complete determine might rise because the regulation agency remains to be inviting extra claimants to affix the go well with.
Senior Partner Konstantin Lukoyanov stated Apple’s fundamental U.S. firm had made the choice to droop gross sales of Apple merchandise and prohibit providers supplied in Russia.
“Therefore, our lawsuit’s claims are directed firstly on the mother or father firm and secondly at its subsidiary items,” he stated in a press release.
The regulation agency stated Apple’s resolution to halt Apple Pay providers in Russia had diminished the performance of its gadgets bought on the native market, thereby decreasing their worth, actions it stated have been unfair and discriminatory beneath Russian regulation.
The identical regulation agency is pursuing an analogous lawsuit in opposition to streaming firm Netflix, which in March suspended its service in Russia.
($1 = 70.1260 roubles)
(Reporting by Reuters; modifying by Jason Neely)
