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Ookla LLC loses court challenge against fine for data storage violations

A Russian court said on Tuesday it had rejected a complaint filed by Ookla LLC against a 1-million ruble fine for not storing the personal data of Russian users in databases on Russian territory.

17:20 17.01.2023

Twitch fined $70k for failure to remove prohibited content

A magistrate judge has fined video streaming service Twitch 4 million rubles (about $70,000 at the current exchange rate) for refusal to delete information prohibited by Russian law.

12:20 04.10.2022

Moscow court fines Twitch $50,000 for not complying with request to remove banned content

A magistrate court in Moscow has fined video streaming service Twitch Interactive 3 million rubles (about $50k at the current exchange rate) for failure to remove information prohibited by Russian law.

13:28 30.08.2022

Australia-based company fined 500,000 rubles for violating personal data law

A magistrate court in Moscow has fined Australia-based company that operates a freelance marketplace website Freelancer.com 500,000 rubles (about $8,000) for violating personal data legislation.

11:23 17.08.2022

Ex-Russian TV journalist fined for discrediting Russian army

Former Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova was fined 40,000 rubles (about $650 at the current exchange rate) after being found guilty of discrediting the country's armed forces in social media post.

16:15 08.08.2022

Russian court to examine Apple's appeal in case over recovery of $12 mln fine

The Ninth Commercial Court of Appeals is to rule on the issue of the legality of a 906.2 million-ruble (about $12 million) fine imposed by the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) upon Apple Inc. for abuse of market dominance on August 30.

13:30 04.08.2022

Russian court fines WhatsApp $300k for repeated data storage breach

A magistrate judge in Moscow on Thursday fined WhatsApp LLC 18 million rubles (about $300,000) for repeated refusal to localize Russian users’ personal data in the Russian Federation.

12:39 28.07.2022

Russian antimonopoly watchdog fines Google $34 mln for breaching competition rules

Russia's competition watchdog fined Youtube’s owner Google 2 billion roubles (about $34 million) on Tuesday for the lack of transparency, predictability and objectivity in the video sharing platform’s user and content moderation policies.

17:40 26.07.2022

Russian court fines Google subsidiary $390M for repeated content violation

Google's Russian subsidiary on Monday was fined 21.8 billion rubles (about $390 million at the time of writing) by Moscow’s Tagansky District Court for repeated refusal to remove content prohibited by Russian law.

15:32 18.07.2022

Russian Ministry for Digital Development proposes turnover fines for data breaches

The Ministry for Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation is preparing a bill on turnover-based fines for the personal data breach.

12:24 13.07.2022

Russian court fines Apple $32.5K for data storage violation

Apple Inc was fined 2 million rubles (over $32,500) on Tuesday for refusal to store Russian users’ data on the territory of Russia.

16:19 12.07.2022

Navalny’s ally fined for breach of operation order for foreign agent media

Moscow’s Simonovsky District Court on Tuesday fined Lyubov Sobol, an ally of convicted blogger Alexey Navalny, 10,000 rubles ($163) for violating the order of operation set for mass media labeled as foreign agent.

13:16 12.07.2022

Moscow court fines image sharing platform Pinterest $38k over data storage

A magistrate judge in Moscow on Tuesday fined image sharing and social media service Pinterest 2 million rubles (about $38,000) over failure to localize Russian users’ personal data in the Russian Federation.

14:45 28.06.2022

Streaming company Twitch fined $38k for refusal to localize data of Russian citizens

Video streaming service Twitch Interactive was fined 2 million rubles (about $37,7k at the time of writing) on Tuesday for refusal to locate personal data of Russian users in the Russian Federation, the Moscow Tagansky District Court’s press service told RAPSI.

12:44 28.06.2022

Russian court fines Swiss Threema $14K for breaching rules for messaging providers

An 800,000-ruble (about $14K) fine has been imposed on Threema GmbH for failure to comply with Russian legislation governing instant messaging providers.

15:54 16.06.2022

Google fined $264K for repeated refusal to localize data of Russian citizens

Google LLC was fined 15 million rubles (about $264,000) on Thursday for repeated refusal to locate personal data of Russian users in the Russian Federation.

14:06 16.06.2022

Punishment for defense witness in actor Efremov’s case upheld

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction on Thursday upheld a 50,000-ruble fine (over $850 at the current exchange rate) given as a punishment Andrey Gayev, a defense witness in a case against actor Mikhail Efremov who had stated that the defendant had not driven his Jeep.

16:18 09.06.2022

Moscow lawmaker fined nearly $3,000 for breaching rally organization order

Moscow’s Tverskoy District Court on Monday fined the Moscow City Duma lawmaker representing the Communist Party of Russia Yekaterina Yengalycheva 200,000 rubles (about $3,000) for breaching the order of holding a public event.

16:36 11.10.2021

Facebook failed to voluntary pay $360K fines – Moscow court

The Tagansky District Court of Moscow has forwarded to the Federal Bailiff Service an order for the enforced recovery of 26 million rubles ($360,000) imposed on Facebook Inc as fines for refusal to delete banned content.

18:39 07.10.2021

Twitter to pay $75,000 for failure to delete banned content – Moscow court

The Tagansky District Court upheld fines worth 5.5 million rubles (over $75,000) imposed on Twitter Inc for failure to delete information banned by Russian legislation.

17:29 07.10.2021