China News Service, April 30 (Reuters) - On the 29th local time, a Russian law firm said it had filed a class-action lawsuit against U.S. Apple Inc, asking it to pay Russian consumers affected by the inability to use Apple Pay services. Compensation of 90 million rubles (about 8.25 million yuan).
Apple did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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According to the report, Russian law firm Chernyshov, Lukoyanov & Partners said Apple violated the rights of Russian consumers by restricting the use of Apple Pay services from March 1 due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
The law firm said the lawsuit, filed in a Moscow court, seeks 90 million rubles in compensation from Apple, including "moral damage" to Russian users.
It also wants Apple to restore Apple Pay for Russian users.
According to reports, the exact amount of the claim may increase because the law firm is still inviting more Russian users to join the class action.
Konstantin Lukoyanov, a senior partner at the law firm, said that Apple headquarters had decided to suspend the sale of Apple products in the Russian market and limit the provision of services there.
"As a result, our lawsuit seeks to target the parent company first and its subsidiaries second," Lukyanov said in a statement.