st. Petersburg city court dismissed the case regarding the claim of Russian Sergey Panfilenko, who sought non-pecuniary damages from Sony for the company’s decision to cease the operation of its online store containing PlayStation Store video games in the Russian Federation. In this respect informs Kommersant version.
It was noted that Citizen Panfilenko requested a one-time compensation of 10 million rubles and a penalty of 500 thousand rubles from Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Limited. For each day of downtime PlayStation Store service in the Russian Federation. Plaintiff defended his claim by the fact that Sony’s license agreement did not contain clauses that allowed the company to block the service for regional or political reasons.
Panfilenko filed the lawsuit in April 2022. However, St. Petersburg City Court stopped its assessment only on March 30, 2023.
Communicating with journalists, Panfilenko said he was not satisfied with the court’s decision. In his opinion, the court showed that by its decision it puts the interests of a foreign company above the interests of citizens of the Russian Federation.
“Laws designed to protect the country and its citizens would become inoperative, allowing a foreign company to act with impunity and disregard the rights of its users … I believe the court has no reason to reject the stated requirements,” Kommersant said. applicant.
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