"According to the law, a fine may be reduced in case all damage to third parties has been compensated and the charge has been admitted, but the reduction cannot be below 1 percent of market turnover. We are looking at 7 percent now, which is the average value, as you know. If they come to us, then we can theoretically discuss this, but this does not mean that we will go to 1 percent. The settlement agreement is closed in court and the court also determines the reasonable limits in each specific case," Artemiev said.
The FAS and Google are currently not discussing settling the fine, but talks may start, and the company has been showing signs of readiness for dialogue, he added.
"I think that the evidence gathered by us is very substantial. The European Commission has duplicated our conclusions by filing a case against Gooogle…There are encouraging signs that the company is prepared for dialogue in principle. Our side's conditions will always remain the same, the admission of the fact that monopoly laws have been broken," he said.
