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Russian MPs propose tougher fines for advertising online sale of alcohol

State Duma lawmakers Vitaly Milonov and Vladimir Afonsky have submitted a bill increasing fines for advertising online retail sale of alcohol to 500,000 rubles ($6,500) to the lower house of parliament.

10:40 15.04.2021

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog fines Kaspersky Lab for violating advertising law

The Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation (FAS) has fined company Kaspersky Lab 100,000 rubles (about $1,500 at the current exchange rate) for violating the law on advertising.

12:03 19.03.2021

Bill regulating online social advertising reaches State Duma

The State Duma Committee for Information Policy has submitted to the lower house of Russia’s parliament a bill envisaging amendment of a federal law on advertising as concerns regulation of dissemination of social advertisements over the internet.

14:49 11.02.2021

Russia’s State Duma passes bill on fines for laughing gas propaganda

The lower house of parliament finally adopted a bill on administrative penalties for propagation and illegal advertising of exhilarant gas on Tuesday.

14:33 26.01.2021

State Duma MPs make stride in prohibition of laughing gas propaganda

The State Duma adopted a bill fighting against propagation of free sale of exhilarant gas on Tuesday.

12:37 22.12.2020

Yandex fined $2,000 for inappropriate abortion advertising

The Moscow Directorate of Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Yandex company 150,000 rubles ($2,000) for distribution of inappropriate abortion advertising.

11:20 09.12.2020

St. Petersburg roof excursions ads banned by court

The Oktyabrsky District Court in St. Petersburg has prohibited online advertisement of the city roof excursions.

14:40 26.10.2020

Sunlight jewelry retailer, MTS mobile operator suspected of spamming

Moscow’s Directorate of the Federal Antimonopoly Service has opened a case against jewelry retailer Sunlight and mobile operator MTS over ads spamming.

17:53 24.08.2020

Russia’s antimonopoly watchdog warns LinguaLeo online service over unethical advertising

The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has issued a warning to LinguaLeo, an online English language learning service, over violation of the law on advertising.

13:30 24.08.2020

Russian antimonopoly body fines company claiming drug Arbidol is effective against COVID-19

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has imposed a 200,000 rubles (about $2,700) fine on OTC Pharm company for an advertisement claiming medicine Arbidol was therapeutically effective against the coronavirus.

12:00 14.08.2020

Moscow FAS office launches case against VTB over improper advertising of loan

The Moscow office of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has opened a case against VTB bank over inappropriate advertising of a loan.

15:25 10.02.2020

Russia’s Uralsib bank fined $14,500 for ads spam

The Federal Antimonopoly Service’s Moscow Region Directorate (FAS) has fined Uralsib bank 900,000 rubles ($14,500) for spam advertising loans.

17:06 24.01.2020

Russian government proposes severe penalties for online drug propaganda

Russian 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

Tougher sanctions for drug propaganda should be applied in integrated manner - Moskalkova

Toughening 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 watchdog fines pharma firm $3,000 for medicine ads ensuring positive effect

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined Abbott Laboratories pharma company 200,000 rubles (over $3,000) for medicine advertisement containing guarantee of a positive effect.

14:57 31.10.2019

Russian MPs propose 7-year imprisonment for online drug propaganda

Lawmakers 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

Russian antimonopoly watchdog finds Yandex guilty of illegal advertising betting offices

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has found Yandex guilty of violating law by distributing the search advertising of betting offices.

18:03 18.10.2019

Russian antimonopoly watchdog accuses UniCredit bank of spamming

The Moscow directorate of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) is considering a case against UniCredit bank over spam advertising banking services.

16:26 17.10.2019

Russian social activists seek to guard children from sniffing by ban on lighters

Experts of Russia’s Civic Chamber believe that the fight against a new form of substance abuse (sniffing) developing in the country should include a ban on respective advertising, as well as restrictions of sales of lighters and natural gas containers.

16:36 25.09.2019

Otkritie bank fined over $10,500 for inappropriate advertising

The Federal Antimonopoly Service’s (FAS) Moscow Region directorate has fined Otkritie bank 700,000 rubles (over $10,500) for dissemination of inappropriate advertising.

17:00 13.08.2019