据央视新闻报道，俄罗斯联邦反垄断局于1月22日公布消息称，苹果公司已于1月19日付清了12亿卢布(约合9804万元人民币)的反垄断罚款。这一消息来源于俄罗斯联邦反垄断局在2022年7月对美国苹果公司违反俄罗斯反垄断法的裁定。据悉，当时俄联邦反垄断局对苹果公司开出了12亿卢布的罚单，原因是苹果公司强迫俄罗斯iOS应用开发者在其应用中使用该公司自己的支付工具，并禁止开发者在应用内告知用户可以在App Store之外进行支付或使用其他支付方式。
此外，苹果公司还要求开发者删除指向其在线资源的链接，并更改应用功能，使注册表单无法跳转至外部网站。这一行为被认为是对俄罗斯市场的不公平竞争和滥用市场支配地位。因此，俄罗斯联邦反垄断局对苹果公司进行了处罚。
如今，苹果公司已经按照规定付清了罚款，这意味着苹果公司在俄罗斯市场的违法行为得到了一定程度的纠正。然而，这也再次提醒各大科技公司在进入新市场时，应遵守当地的法律法规，尊重市场竞争秩序，避免给当地企业和消费者带来不公平竞争的影响。
事实上，近年来，各国政府对于科技巨头的监管力度不断加大，以防止其滥用市场支配地位、侵犯用户隐私和数据安全等问题。在这方面，中国政府也一直在加强监管，保护消费者权益。例如，中国已经出台了一系列关于数据安全、个人信息保护的法律法规，旨在规范科技企业的行为，维护市场秩序。
总之，苹果公司付清反垄断罚款的消息表明，尽管该公司在某些方面可能存在不当行为，但最终还是选择了遵守法律规定。这对于其他科技企业来说，无疑是一个警示和借鉴的案例。同时，各国政府也应继续加大对科技巨头的监管力度，确保市场竞争的公平性和消费者权益的保障。
英语如下：
Title: Apple Pays 1.2 Billion Rubles Fine to End Antitrust Dispute in Russia
Keywords: Apple, Antitrust fine, Russia
According to CCTV News, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service announced on January 22 that Apple had paid a fine of 1.2 billion rubles (approximately 98.04 million RMB) on January 19 to end its antitrust dispute in Russia. The news came from the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service’s decision in July 2022 that Apple had violated Russian antitrust law. It was reported that at that time, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service issued a fine of 1.2 billion rubles to Apple for forcing Russian iOS app developers to use its own payment tool in their applications and prohibiting developers from informing users within the application that they could make payments or use other payment methods outside the App Store.
In addition, Apple demanded that developers remove links pointing to their online resources and change the function of the application so that the registration form could not be redirected to external websites. This behavior was considered unfair competition and abuse of market dominance in the Russian market. Therefore, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service punished Apple.
Now, Apple has paid the fine as required, which means that Apple’s illegal actions in the Russian market have been corrected to some extent. However, this also reminds major technology companies that when entering new markets, they should comply with local laws and regulations, respect market competition order, and avoid unfair competition effects on local enterprises and consumers.
In fact, in recent years, governments around the world have been increasing their regulatory efforts to prevent technology giants from abusing their dominant position, violating user privacy and data security issues. In this regard, the Chinese government has also been strengthening supervision and protecting consumer rights. For example, China has introduced a series of laws and regulations on data security and personal information protection to regulate the behavior of technology companies and maintain market order.
In summary, Apple’s payment of the antitrust fine shows that although the company may have engaged in improper behavior in certain aspects, it ultimately chose to comply with legal provisions. This is undoubtedly a warning and reference case for other technology companies. At the same time, governments around the world should continue to strengthen their regulatory efforts on technology giants to ensure fair competition and protect consumer rights.
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