Four messaging services blocked in RussiaFour messaging services have been blocked in Russia by the communications regulator Roskomnadzor.17:43 02.05.2017
Russian NGO’s suit against Google over links removal set for June 21The Moscow Commercial Court will consider on June 21 an application filed by SOVA Center for Information and Analysis against Google seeking recovery of links removed from search results under the law on information protection.17:55 25.04.2017
Bill on penalty for violations during creation of electronic signature reaches State DumaRussian government has submitted a bill to the State Duma introducing administrative penalties for providers violating rules of creations and provision of a simple electronic signature key.13:55 24.04.2017
Social media user receives suspended sentence for calls to separatismA court in the capital of Russia’s Republic of Buryatia, Ulan-Ude, has given civil society activist Vladimir Khagdayev a 3-year suspended sentence for a post of a separatist nature on Vkontakte social network.13:54 18.04.2017
Russian MP proposes social media ban for children under 14Lawmaker Vitaly Milonov has proposed to regulate the use of social media and among others to prohibit children under the age of 14 years from using social networks.12:59 10.04.2017
Russian Supreme Court upholds blogger’s sentence for post about SyriaRussia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a 2.5-year prison sentence given to blogger Alexey Kungurov for online publication concerning military operation in Syria.14:34 28.03.2017
Russian lower house passes bill on blocking mirror websites in first readingThe State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, has adopted in the first reading a bill on blocking mirror websites containing illegal information.17:05 17.03.2017
President Putin introduces fines for failure to block sites with banned informationRussian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law introducing fines of up to 100,000 rubles (about $1,700) for Internet providers failed to restrict access to websites which distribute prohibited information.17:02 22.02.2017
Bill on blocking mirror websites submitted to State DumaRussian government has submitted to the lower house of parliament, the State Duma, a bill on blocking mirror websites containing illegal information.10:21 21.02.2017
Russian upper house approves fines for failure to block sites with banned informationThe Federation Council, Russia’s upper house of parliament, on Wednesday approved a bill introducing fines of up to 100,000 rubles (about $1,700) for Internet providers failed to restrict access to websites which distribute prohibited information.12:03 15.02.2017
Internet providers to face fines for failure to block websites with banned informationThe State Duma, the lower house of parliament, has adopted in the third and final reading a bill introducing fines for Internet providers failed to restrict access to websites containing information banned in Russia.13:12 10.02.2017
Bill on fines for personal data leaks adopted by State DumaRussia’s State Duma has adopted in the second reading a bill on toughened penalties for violating rules on storage and processing of personal data.13:49 11.01.2017
State Duma adopts fines for failure to block websites with banned informationThe State Duma has passed in the second reading a government bill introducing fines for Internet providers failed to restrict access to websites containing information banned in Russia.11:56 11.01.2017
Admin of social network group charged with pushing teens to suicidePhilipp Budeykin, aka Philipp Fox, an administrator of a closed group on Russian social network Vkontakte, was charged with inciting teenagers to commit suicide.17:19 22.11.2016
Russian communications regulator starts blocking LinkedInRussia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor added LinkedIn which boasts to be the world's largest business network on the blacklist and notified internet providers about blocking.12:03 17.11.2016
LinkedIn to be blocked in RussiaThe Moscow City Court upheld on Thursday a lower court’s ruling to block access to LinkedIn which boasts to be the world's largest business network.17:28 10.11.2016
Russian billionaire drops lawsuit against YandexThe Kuibyshevsky District Court in St. Petersburg stopped proceedings over lawsuits filed by Russian billionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin over Yandex refusal to delete information about him.10:44 17.08.2016
Bill on disclosing crime statistics on the Internet to be reviewed in SeptemberThe State Duma will review a bill proposing to disclose crime statistics, gathered by the Prosecutor General’s Office, on the Internet, in September.13:22 09.08.2016
St. Petersburg court proceeds with Russian billionaire’s lawsuits against YandexThe Kuibyshevsky District Court in St. Petersburg began hearing lawsuits filed by Russian billionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin over Yandex refusal to delete information about him.16:52 05.07.2016
Russian citizen fined for sharing post rehabilitating Nazism on social networkThe Perm Krai Court has sentenced a local resident to 200,000 rubles fine (around $3,000) for rehabilitating Nazism.16:35 01.07.2016