After the resumption of the application store in the territory of the Russian Federation, Google has to remove sanctions from the Crimea. Otherwise, it will not be able to fulfill the terms of the amicable agreement signed with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia and will be punished. In FAS this message was confirmed.

"The settlement is valid throughout the Russian Federation for users who use Android with a pre-installed app store and Google search. In the event of non-compliance with the terms of the agreement, a direct compulsion through the court will follow, "Izvestia was told in the press service of the agency.

On the signing of the document became known on April 17, and the content was not disclosed. It clearly states that the corporation will provide all Russians the opportunity to choose a search engine on gadgets with the Android operating system.

Updating the Android operating system is done through the Google Play app store. But after the introduction of US sanctions in the Crimea in early 2015. His work and a number of other services was discontinued.

According to the director for project activities of the Internet Development Institute Arseniy Sheltsin, in order to comply with the requirements of the agreement with the FAS, "Google is obliged to recognize the Crimea as Russian and give the inhabitants of the peninsula the opportunity to choose a search system". Otherwise, new proceedings will begin.

The corporation, said Sergey Kopylov, deputy director of the Coordination Center of the national domain of the network on legal issues, was in a difficult situation. If it violates the terms of the settlement agreement, "the FAS will be able to sue her and demand the imposition of penalties". And the company "can receive a writ of execution for the enforcement of the agreement". However, he added, as this will work in practice, it is not clear.

In Google, comments were not given.