Google remedies antitrust violations in Google Play – Russian antimonopoly watchdogGoogle LLC has remedied breaches of Russian fair competition laws regarding its restrictions on making payments to application developers from Russia, the press service of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) informs.12:19 07.09.2022
Russian court fines WhatsApp $300k for repeated data storage breachA 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
Google to be blocked in Donetsk People’s RepublicAuthorities of the Donetsk People’s Republic have decided to block Google on the region’s territory.12:49 22.07.2022
Russian Ministry proposes compensations to right holders for online content blockingThe Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation has drafted a bill providing for compensation of up to 5 million rubles (about $88,000 at the time of writing) for copyright infringement related to illegal blocking of online content.12:29 22.07.2022
LPR Parliament adopts bill on punishment for discrediting foreign policyThe People's Council of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) has adopted a bill on responsibility for actions aimed at discrediting the foreign policy of Donbass and Russia.12:55 19.07.2022
Russian court fines Google subsidiary $390M for repeated content violationGoogle'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 court fines Apple $32.5K for data storage violationApple 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 mediaMoscow’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 storageA 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 citizensVideo 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
Sentence toughened against Navalny’s spokesperson in sanitary rules breaching caseMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court has replaced 1.5-year restriction of liberty imposed on Kira Yarmysh, the spokesperson of a foundation founded by Alexey Navalny, for breaching sanitary norms at an illegal rally held in January 2021 with a real prison term.10:04 17.06.2022
Russian court fines Swiss Threema $14K for breaching rules for messaging providersAn 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
Pussy Riot member’s sentence in sanitary breach case upheldThe Moscow City Court on Tuesday upheld sentence given to Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina in a case over abetting violation of sanitary rules at an unauthorized rally held in Moscow in winter.13:29 26.10.2021
Liberty restriction of municipal lawmaker for sanitary breaches at illegal rally upheldThe Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld restriction of freedom for 1.5 years imposed on municipal lawmaker Dmitry Baranovsky in a case over violation of sanitary rules during an unauthorized rally held in the city in January.17:01 14.10.2021
Doctors Alliance head sentenced to one year of freedom restraint in sanitary breach caseAnastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent), was sentenced to one year of restriction of freedom in a case over breaching sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally.11:12 14.10.2021
Sentencing of Doctors Alliance head in sanitary breach case set for October 14Moscow's Preobrazhensky District Court will annouce sentence against Anastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent), in a case over breaching sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally, on October 14.17:44 13.10.2021
Moscow lawmaker fined nearly $3,000 for breaching rally organization orderMoscow’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 courtThe 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 courtThe 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
Prosecutor seeks to restrict Doctors Alliance head’s freedom for 20 monthsA prosecutor on Wednesday demanded to put Anastasia Vasilyeva, the leader of medical workers' union Alyans Vrachei (Doctors' Alliance, an organization recognized by the Russian Justice Ministry as a foreign agent), under restraint to 20 months in a case over breaching sanitary norms at an unauthorized rally.13:40 06.10.2021