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Suppliers of sanctioned food fined $14 mln in total - Russian consumer rights agency

Russia’s consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor has imposed fines totaling to nearly 867 million rubles (about $14 million) on business entities for inflow and sales of sanctioned products throughout the whole embargo period.

13:35 15.07.2019

Russian consumer rights watchdog reports a decrease in drink abuse

The Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing (Rospotrebnadzor) has reported about a decline in the scale of drink abuse in Russia.

19:35 29.07.2016

Russian officials did not find Microsoft violating data protection law

The Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection failed to find any non-compliance violations of the data protection law in Microsoft’s activity.

10:33 18.09.2015

Russian consumer protection watchdog blocks bitcoin website

The Russian Federal Service for Consumer Rights Protection has blocked access to a website on bitcoin, a virtual currency. The URL bitcoin.org was included in the registry of banned websites by court order this Tuesday.

14:44 13.01.2015

Russian Consumer Protection Service may block BBC Russia

The Federal Consumer Protection Service may block the BBC Russia website for posting a controversial interview by Artyom Loskutov in which the public activist urged mass riots and extremism, Izvestia reports this Tuesday.

10:45 05.08.2014

Consumer protection watchdog suggests tougher penalty for vague GMO marking

The Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor) suggests toughening the penalty for unclear GMO (genetically modified organism) marking on food products through a bill published on the provisional legislation website Tuesday.

16:37 08.04.2014

Russian cheese factory closed for 40 days after employees bathe in milk

A court has ordered the temporary shutdown of an Omsk cheese factory after employees posted online a photo of themselves bathing in milk, RIA Novosti reported.

11:51 03.04.2014

Russia bans imports from Ukrainian candy maker Roshen

Russia has banned imports from major Ukrainian candy maker Roshen after the carcinogen benzopyrene, which can naturally occur in roasted coffee and cocoa beans, was found in analyzed product samples.

12:43 31.07.2013

Russian postal service breaks record in complaints - report

Over 27,000, 90% of the 30,500 complaints about the performance of communication operators sent to consumer rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor concern federal postal service Pochta Rossii.

11:38 06.06.2013

YouTube withdraws claim against regulator in "suicide videos" dispute

Google's YouTube LLC has withdrawn the second suit it filed with the Moscow Commercial Court against the decision of consumer rights regulator Rospotrebnadzor to ban one of its videos for containing pro-suicide information

10:41 05.06.2013

YouTube vs consumer rights regulator case to continue on May 6

The Moscow Commercial Court will resume the hearing of the YouTube LLC lawsuit against Rospotrebnadzor, the consumer rights regulator, on May 6.

12:09 26.04.2013

YouTube seeks to resolve suicide video dispute via unorthodox routes - regulator

The consumer rights regulator (Rospotrebnadzor) has claimed that YouTube LLC, which has appealed to the courts to invalidate the regulator's decision to ban one of its videos for containing pro-suicide information, has been using extra-judicial and even illegal methods to resolve the dispute.

12:15 02.04.2013

Facebook blocks prohibited content promoting suicide

Popular social network Facebook has removed prohibited content which promotes suicide, according to the order issued by the Russian consumer rights watchdog on March 28.

11:53 29.03.2013

YouTube accused of compromising law on 'harmful information'

The consumer rights regulator (Rospotrebnadzor) has announced that Google, as the owner of YouTube, is acting in disregard of Russian legislation and "continues to compromise Russia's efforts to protect children from harmful information.

14:03 20.03.2013

Consumer watchdog contests YouTube's position on questionable videos

Google and its video hosting service YouTube are more concerned about ensuring visitor freedom of information than about protecting them from prohibited information, Federal Service for Consumer Protection (Rospotrebnadzor) said when a Moscow court began hearing a lawsuit filed by YouTube LLC against the Russian consumer rights regulator.

11:44 18.03.2013

YouTube vs consumer watchdog case to be heard on March 26

The Moscow Commercial Court has scheduled the hearing of the YouTube LLC lawsuit against Rospotrebnadzor, the consumer rights regulator.

15:42 15.03.2013

Russia may introduce consumer ombudsman post

Russia may soon introduce the post of Consumer Rights Ombudsman, according to Gennady Onishchenko, director of the country’s federal consumer rights agency Rospotrebnadzor.

11:18 15.03.2013

Russian consumer watchdog says it is studying YouTube's lawsuit

Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor is studying YouTube’s lawsuit against it, the watchdog’s head, says Russia’s chief state health inspector Gennady Onishchenko.

10:57 15.02.2013

YouTube files suit against consumer rights authority

On February 11 the Moscow Commercial Court registered a lawsuit filed by YouTube LLC against Russia's consumer watchdog, Rospotrebnadzor.

12:06 12.02.2013

Nearly 600 suicide-promoting websites plugged in Russia

Nearly 600 Russian websites have been closed down after a federal regulator concluded that they contain information on various ways to commit suicide.

12:19 29.01.2013