Russia Opens Antitrust Case Against Apple Over iPhone Software RequirementsRussia's Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has launched an antitrust case against Apple, saying the company failed to fully comply with a regulatory warning that required it to eliminate what the agency describes as discriminatory practices affecting Russian search engines and software on iOS devices. Photo: commons.wikimedia.org by Ahmad Ali Karim, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ iPhone 17 ProThe regulator said Apple only partially implemented the required changes after receiving the warning earlier this summer, prompting the formal investigation. If the investigation concludes that Apple violated Russian competition law, the company could face an administrative fine under the country's Code of Administrative Offenses. The regulator issued its initial warning in early July after concluding that Apple had failed to meet Russian legal requirements governing the availability of domestic software on iOS devices. Under Russian law, technically complex electronic devices sold in the country must support a Russian search engine-or one from another member state of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)-as the default search option.