Regulator blocks two websites for selling personal data of Russian citizensRussia's communications regulator Roskomnadzor has blocked two Internet forums, phreaker.pro and dublikat.eu, where databases containing personal data of Russian citizens were accessible for sale and download.14:41 17.02.2020
Number of extremism cases over Internet posts drops in half in Russia - expertsThe number of criminal cases opened over Internet publications has decreased by almost twice. Experts come to associate it with the partial decriminalization of the Criminal Code’s article on incitement of hatred and enmity.11:21 04.02.2020
Blogger denied reversal of sentence for threats against children of law enforcementThe Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Wednesday dismissed a cassation appeal filed by blogger Vladislav Sinitsa against his 5-year jail sentence for online calls for violence against children of law enforcement officers.12:40 29.01.2020
Moscow City Court blocks access to pirated copies of World of WarcraftThe Moscow City Court has ruled to block access to copies of World of Warcraft offered by five websites as an interim relief in the pending litigation over a Blizzard Entertainment Inc. claim seeking to protect its exclusive right to this popular computer game.11:43 28.01.2020
Russian prosecutors block overseas website sending false terrorist reportsThe Prosecutor General’s Office along with the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor have restricted access to information resources of the overseas online resource Startmail.com where from false terrorist reports had been sent.13:43 23.01.2020
Russia’s Supreme Court upholds blocking of positive publications about drug consumersRussia’s Supreme Court has found lawful the criteria state agencies use to disallow publications promoting positive images of drug consumers.15:56 20.01.2020
Uzbek citizen gets 5.5 years in Russian prison for online justification of terrorismThe Second West District Military Court has sentenced Uzbek citizen Shermukhammad Shamsiddinov to 5.5 years in prison for public justification of terrorism on the Internet.13:27 10.01.2020
Russian government proposes severe penalties for online drug propagandaRussian government has submitted a bill setting fines of up to 1.5 million rubles ($24,500) for publishing banned information on drugs and psychotropic substances on the Internet to the lower house of parliament.13:55 09.01.2020
Gregor Strojin: «Regulation should not inhibit technological development, but address its effects»During its meeting in September 2019, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe set up an Ad Hoc Committee on Artificial Intelligence – CAHAI. The main task of the Committee, which held its first plenary meeting in November, is to examine the feasibility and potential elements of a legal framework for the development, design and application of artificial intelligence, based on the of broad multi-stakeholder consultations and Council of Europe’s standards on human rights, democracy and the rule of law. Gregor Strojin, President of the CAHAI, in his interview to RAPSI provides insight on the approach of the Council of Europe to regulation of artificial intelligence and the existing difficulties.16:34 20.12.2019
Sovereign Internet law protects from external threats - PutinThe law on sovereign Internet protects network from disconnection from the exterior, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during his press conference on Thursday.15:54 19.12.2019
Defendant in Moscow judge threats case to be kept in detention until January 11The Moscow City Court on Wednesday confirmed that Alexey Veresov, a defendant in a case over murder threats against a judge and extremism, must remain in detention until January 11, as a lower court had ordered.18:03 11.12.2019
Student cleared of Moscow riots charges gets 3-year suspended term for extremismStudent Yegor Zhukov, who had been previously cleared of Moscow summer riots charges, on Friday received a 3-year suspended sentence for calls for extremism.10:59 06.12.2019
Far East resident charged with illegal caviar sale goes on trialA court in Kazan, the capital of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan, will consider a case against a 33-year-old resident of Vladivostok, Far East, who stands charged with illegal online sale of 9 kilos of black caviar worth over 2.6 million rubles (over $40,000).17:26 19.11.2019
Russia’s security officers arrest seven alleged drug pushersSeven alleged employees of one of the largest illegal online drug sale stores have been arrested with 440 kilos of narcotic substances.11:47 13.11.2019
Defendant in Moscow judge threat case pleads guilty to extremismAlexey Veresov, one of the defendants in a case over murder threats against a judge of the Moscow City Court, has pleaded guilty to extremism.10:56 13.11.2019
Russian public figures push for law revamping to fight against cyberbullyingLegislation needs to be amended for effective fight against cyberbullying, according to the chair of the Russian Civic Chamber’s humanitarian cooperation commission Yelena Sutormina.14:13 12.11.2019
Sovereign Internet law comes into force in RussiaThe law ensuring security and availability of the Russian Internet (Runet) in case of its isolation from the global network came into force on Friday.13:10 01.11.2019
Tougher sanctions for drug propaganda should be applied in integrated manner - MoskalkovaToughening of punishment for drug propaganda must come amid realization of practical actions and public dialog, according to Russia’s Human Rights Commissioner Tatiana Moskalkova.18:10 31.10.2019
Russian MPs propose 7-year imprisonment for online drug propagandaLawmakers from Just Russia political party have submitted a bill on criminal punishment of up to 7 years in prison for online propaganda of drugs to the State Duma.14:02 30.10.2019
Over 200,000 cybercrimes recorded in Russia in 2018 – expertsOver 200,000 cybercrimes were registered in Russia in 2018, Chair of the Civic Chamber’s Commission on development of information society, mass media and mass communications Alexander Malkevich said during a workshop on protection of Internet users’ rights on Wednesday.12:56 30.10.2019