Apple paid a $13.6-million fine to the Russian government over Moscow's claims it abused its dominant position in the mobile app market, the country's competition watchdog said Monday.

The current economic slowdown is closely tied with backlogs of the Russian government, President Putin stresses. The efforts taken to restructure the economy have been insufficient. MOSCOW, December 25 (Sputnik) The difficulties inRussias economy are not only because ofoutside factors, including sanctions, butalso because the government has not ...