Video of brutal bear killing banned in RussiaA Russian court order to ban the distribution of video showing the brutal killing of a bear in Siberia has taken effect.10:58 11.08.2017
Russian media watchdog receives 118,000 complaints on prohibited informationRussian media watchdog (Roskomnadzor) has processed over 118,000 complaints against distribution of prohibited information online in the first half of 2017.13:48 09.08.2017
Russian antimonopoly watchdog checks Yandex, Google for preferential product placementRussia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is analyzing largest web search engines, Yandex and Google, over alleged preferential resource allocation.11:32 31.07.2017
Upper house of Russian parliament backs ban on anonymizersThe Federation Council of Russia has approved a bill prohibiting the use of technologies enabling access to blocked websites, also known as anonymizers.16:31 25.07.2017
Russian parliament outlaws anonymizersThe lower house of the Russian parliament has adopted in the third and final reading a bill prohibiting the use of technologies enabling access to blocked websites, also known as anonymizers.13:06 21.07.2017
Russian lower house adopts bill banning anonymous messenger accountsThe State Duma, the lower house of Russia's parliament, passed in the third and final reading on Friday a bill regulating the work of messaging services and prohibiting anonymous use of online messengers.11:20 21.07.2017
Social network group admin gets over 3 years in prison for pushing teens to suicideThe Tobolsk District Court of the Tyumen region in Russia has sentenced Philipp Budeykin, aka Philipp Lis, 21, to 3 years and 4 months in a penal colony settlement for inducing teenagers to suicide.18:01 19.07.2017
Russian MPs propose fines for not deleting disinformation from social networksRussian MPs have filed a bill with the State Duma, introducing fines of up to 50 million rubles (about $820,000) for refusal to delete defaming information from social networks.13:20 12.07.2017
Russian court bans websites selling Red Book animalsA court in the city of Tyumen has banned 19 Internet pages selling rare species of animals listed in the Red Book.17:22 11.07.2017
Russian communications watchdog blocks several extremist websitesRussia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has restricted access to several extremist websites on the request of the Prosecutor General’s Office.16:33 06.07.2017
Bill on blocking mirror websites signed into lawRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on blocking copies of websites containing illegal information (mirror websites).11:36 03.07.2017
Telegram founder agrees to register messenger in RussiaPavel Durov, founder of the Telegram messaging app, agreed to register the service in Russia after the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor said it might be banned.19:04 28.06.2017
Russian media watchdog warns Telegram of potential blockHead of Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov has requested the Telegram’s management, including the company’s founder Pavel Durov, to comply with the Russian legislation or face blocking of the messenger.10:34 23.06.2017
Russian State Duma backs bill on fining messengersThe State Duma Committee on State-Building and Legislation has recommended the lower chamber of the Russian Parliament to adopt in the first reading a bill making messengers liable for failure to comply with their obligations imposed by the law.16:50 22.06.2017
Moscow court dismisses lawsuit against Google over links removalThe Commercial Court of Moscow has dismissed a motion, filed by SOVA Center for Information and Analysis against Google, seeking the recovery of links removed from search results under the law on information protection.12:55 22.06.2017
State Duma passes bill banning anonymous messenger accounts in first readingThe State Duma has adopted a bill regulating the work of messaging services and prohibiting anonymous use of online messengers in the first reading.17:34 14.06.2017
State Duma committee backs bill banning anonymous messenger accountsThe State Duma Committee on Information Policy has recommended that the lower house adopt in the first reading a bill regulating the work of messaging services and prohibiting anonymous use of online messengers.23:56 09.06.2017
Bill prohibiting use of technology for accessing blocked websites reaches State DumaA bill prohibiting use of technologies allowing a person to bypass the blocking of websites in Russia has reached the State Duma.14:40 08.06.2017
Bill prohibiting anonymous messenger accounts reaches State DumaA group of lawmakers submitted a bill regulating the work of messaging services and banning anonymous use of online messengers to the State Duma.15:03 24.05.2017
State Duma Committee backs Roskomnadzor’s duty to report cases of calls to suicideThe State Duma Committee on Family Affairs, Women and Children has recommended that the lower house adopt in the second reading a bill obliging Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor to report to the police cases of distributing banned information online including calls to suicide.12:50 18.05.2017