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Russia: Regulator delays decision on Microsoft/Kaspersky case

By  |  April 24, 2017

FAS the Russian federal competition regulator, has postponed a decision on its investigation into Microsoft, reports the Telecompaper.

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    The investigation was started after a complaint from Kaspersky Laboratory in November 2016.

    Kaspersky Lab claimed that Microsoft prevented other providers of security software from providing their anti-virus protection services for customers using Windows 10 devices. FAS had been scheduled to consider the case at its latest meeting but in the end did not.

    According to the report, Microsoft is cooperating with the regulator’s investigation.

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