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State Duma backs bill on blocking phone numbers in detention centers and penal colonies

Russia’s State Duma has adopted in the first reading a bill envisaging refusal to serve mobile numbers unlawfully used in the territories of penal colonies and pretrial detention centers.

15:36 01.10.2020

Moscow resident sues Whatsapp, Viber, Skype and Teleport for €100k

Moscow resident has sued free online messengers Whatsapp, Viber, Skype and Teleport and asked a court to recover 7.4 million rubles (€100,000) from them for refusal to provide him with call detail records.

16:58 26.05.2016

Russian regulator to block over 60 websites for violations of personal data law

Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor announced on Thursday that access to over 60 websites would be blocked for violations of legislation on personal data.

13:42 12.02.2015

Russian lawmaker proposes to restrict access to Internet anonymity service Tor

Leonid Levin, chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Information Policy and Communications, suggested to restrict access to the Internet privacy service Tor.

13:27 05.02.2015

Media law forces Disney to cut $300 mln in investment in its Russian channel

Walt Disney Company (US) is to reduce Russian investment by almost $300 million due to the 20% restriction on the foreign share of Russian media.

16:26 04.02.2015

Putin lifts ban on commercials for pay TV channels

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill lifting the ban on commercials for pay cable and satellite television channels that broadcast 75 percent of Russian content into law.

13:28 04.02.2015

RBC daily to challenge court ruling over religious-themed cartoons

Russian business daily RBC, which received a warning from the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) for religious-related cartoons, will appeal the warning in court.

16:21 27.01.2015

Russian parliament lifts ban on commercials for pay TV channels

The Russian State Duma adopted a bill on Tuesday lifting the ban on commercials for pay cable and satellite television channels that broadcast 75 percent of Russian content.

12:36 27.01.2015

Russian media watchdog warns six outlets over religious-themed cartoons

The Russian telecommunications authority, Roskomnadzor, has issued a warning to six national outlets, including RBC daily newspaper, for publishing religious-themed cartoons.

14:39 26.01.2015

Russia to cut age-appropriate ratings for media products

The Russian government is drafting a bill to cancel age-appropriate ratings for media products, leaving only the strictest (18+) rating.

17:47 22.01.2015

Russian law tightening control over data storage to take effect on Sept 1, 2015

A law requiring internet companies to store personal data of Russian nationals within the country's borders will take effect on September 1, 2015, according to the bill passed by Russia's upper house of parliament, the Federation Council, on Thursday.

13:57 25.12.2014

Fines for extremism in Russian media may reach $17k - report

The Russian Government has submitted a set of amendments to the State Duma that introduce a one million ruble fine ($17,000) for extremist statements and any justification of extremism or terrorist activity in the media.

11:27 22.12.2014

Russian mass media regulator blacklists Wikipedia article on heroin

The Federal Agency for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) has included the Wikipedia article on heroin in the list of banned web pages.

14:57 16.12.2014

Lithuanian president proposes fines for hostile propaganda

The president of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė has filed amendments to the Law on Informing the Public to the Sejm (Lithuanian parliament) that are set to protect the public “from hostile propaganda and misinformation,” RIA Novosti reports on Friday citing the president’s press service.

17:45 12.12.2014

Russian lawmaker proposes abandoning iPhones

Dmitry Gorovtsov (A Just Russia), deputy head of the State Duma Committee for Security and Anti-Corruption, is drafting a resolution to encourage Russian lawmakers to abandon iPhones and iPads.

13:47 02.12.2014

Russian MPs seek probe into alleged squandering of funds by Communications Ministry

State Duma lawmakers from A Just Russia party have asked the Prosecutor General’s Office to inspect the Communications Ministry, which they suspect of squandering funds and sabotaging the development of the online government project.

10:42 01.12.2014

Russian TV channel Dozhd to pay WWII siege survivors over $4,000

The Moscow City Court has upheld the ruling ordering Russian independent TV channel Dozhd (Rain) to pay 200,000 rubles (about $4,200) in compensation to two seniors from St. Petersburg over a controversial World War II poll.

13:48 28.11.2014

Putin signs bill blocking access to websites with pirated content into law

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed the bill that extends the reach of anti-piracy legislation to music, books and software into law, RIA Novosti reported Tuesday.

15:45 25.11.2014

Russian media banned from describing bomb assembly

President Vladimir Putin has toughened the liability for illegal explosives trafficking and has introduced a ban on bomb making instructions in the media. The bill signed by the president was published on the official legal information website on Tuesday.

12:05 25.11.2014

Russian army denies iPhone ban

Russian military did not issue a ban on use of iPhone devices for its servicemen, official spokesman for the Defense Ministry major general Igor Konashenkov told RIA Novosti on Monday.

11:17 24.11.2014