MOSCOW, May 11 (RAPSI) – Google Inc. had paid a 438-million-ruble (about $7.7 million) administrative fine for violation of antitrust legislation, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said in a statement on Thursday.

Earlier, FAS has terminated the administrative proceedings against Google over corporation’s refusal to comply with the watchdog’s order after an amicable agreement was achieved on April 17 in a dispute between FAS and the U.S. company, which was approved by a federal court and a two-year-long legal battle between the watchdog and Google had finally come to an end.

Google was to pay all fines imposed by FAS within two months. The payments due include 438 million rubles (about $7.7 million) fine for violating administrative legislation and 1 million rubles (about $17,500 at the present exchange rate) fine for refusal to comply with the watchdog’s order.

The agreement envisaging Google to allow more competition on mobile applications market was concluded for 6 years and 9 months.

In September 2015, the watchdog held that Google Ireland Ltd. and Google Inc. abused their dominance on the Russian market of mobile applications by preinstalling applications on Android smartphones and therefore violated anti-monopoly law. Google was fined but refused to comply and challenged the FAS order in Russian courts. Later, FAS imposed additional fines against Google, amounting to nearly 1 million rubles in total.