VK Sues Apple for 58M RUB Daily Over App Removal
VK filed a lawsuit against Apple, demanding the reinstatement of its apps in the App Store and compensation of 58 million rubles per day for non-compliance with a court ruling, citing unilateral removal without warning. The apps were removed in June amid sanctions concerns, though VK was not initially on any sanctions list.
Consensus
- VK filed a lawsuit against Apple in the Arbitration Court of Moscow.
- The lawsuit seeks reinstatement of VK's apps in the App Store.
- VK demands restoration of push notification functionality for its apps.
- A daily penalty of 58 million rubles is requested for non-compliance with the court decision.
- The penalty is to be enforced starting from the sixth day after the court ruling is issued.
- The apps were removed from the App Store in late June.
- Apple cited the need to comply with sanctions as the reason for removal.
- VK stated it was not on any sanctions list at the time of removal.
- The lawsuit names Apple Inc., Apple Distribution International Ltd., and Apple Rus LLC as defendants.
- The case was registered on August 19.
Points of divergence
- VK requested the recovery of the main social network VK, 'Odnoklassniki', and VK Music specifically. — thebell
- The penalty amounts are broken down as 50 million rubles per day for VK, 3 million for 'Odnoklassniki', and 5 million for VK Music. — thebell
- The penalty is requested to be collected from Apple Inc., Apple Distribution International Ltd., and Russian Apple Rus LLC. — tg_moscowtimes_ru
- The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) issued a warning to Apple on July 1 and opened a case on August 3. — vedomosti
Coverage (3 sources)
- VK demanded Apple pay 58 million rubles per day for removing apps from App Store — The Bell
- VK demanded 58 million rubles per day from Apple for deleting apps from AppStore — The Moscow Times
- VK demanded Apple pay 58 million rubles per day for deleting apps — Ведомости