Socialist Platoshkin receives suspended sentence for aiding mass riotsThe leader of the movement For New Socialism Nikolay Platoshkin on Wednesday got the 5-year suspended sentence for aiding and abetting mass riots and distribution of misleading information.16:41 19.05.2021
State Duma passes bill on sanctions for disclosure of data of law enforcement officersThe State Duma adopted a bill on severe punishment for disclosure of information on safety measures taken in relation to law enforcement and supervisory bodies officials and their relatives in the third and final reading on Wednesday.14:32 19.05.2021
Prosecutor seeks 6 years behind bars for leader of new socialism movementA prosecutor demanded 6 years behind bars for the leader of the movement For New Socialism Nikolay Platoshkin charged with aiding and abetting mass riots and distribution of misleading information.10:27 19.05.2021
Fines imposed on Twitter for refusal to delete calls for illegal rallies upheldMoscow’s Tagansky District Court on Monday upheld imposition of fines on Twitter for failure to delete statements calling minors to take part in illegal rallies.14:48 17.05.2021
Telegram fined $70,000 for refusal to delete calls for illegal actionsA magistrate judicial district of the Tagansky District Court of Moscow on Wednesday fined Telegram messenger 5 million rubles (about $70,000) for failure to delete information containing calls for minors to participate in illegal rallies.17:40 12.05.2021
Investigators seek for restraining order against lawyer PavlovInvestigators on Friday asked the Basmanny District Court of Moscow to impose a restraining order on lawyer Ivan Pavlov charged with disclosure of certain information pertaining to a preliminary investigation.16:52 30.04.2021
Lawyer for Navalny’s Foundation arrested, charged with unlawful disclosure of informationInvestigators accused arrested Ivan Pavlov, the lawyer for Alexey Navalny’s Foundation, of disclosure of certain information pertaining to a preliminary investigation.12:51 30.04.2021
State Duma committee backs extremist materials database billThe State Duma Anti-Corruption and Safety Committee on Wednesday recommended that the lawmakers should adopt in the first reading a government legislative proposal to create a specialized information database of extremist materials.17:12 07.04.2021
Bill on professional defense discretion to be discussed by State DumaA draft law on the introduction of the professional discretion notion in defense has been submitted to the lower house of Russian parliament.11:03 07.04.2021
TikTok ordered to pay $34K fine for failure to delete calls for illegal actionsA magistrate court on Tuesday fined TikTok social network 2.6 million rubles ($34,000) for failure to delete information calling teenagers to participate in illegal actions.13:41 06.04.2021
Twitter fined $42,000 for refusal to delete calls for illegal actionsA magistrate court in Moscow on Friday fined Twitter social network 3.2 million rubles ($42,000) for failure to delete information calling teenagers to participate in illegal actions.14:16 02.04.2021
Russian MPs move toward pretrial blocking of online libelThe State Duma lawmakers passed a bill on prejudicial blocking of information recources distributing false malicious statements defaming people’s honour and dignity in the first reading on Wednesday.14:41 24.03.2021
Bill on professional defense discretion drafted in RussiaThe Government Law-Making Commission has considered a drafted bill on the introduction of the professional discretion notion in defense.13:20 23.03.2021
State Duma MPs call on IT companies to comply with Russian lawsThe State Duma Commission on the Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia's Internal Affairs has taken a decision to urge the management of social networks TikTok, Facebook, Twitter, and Google corporation to undertake measures aimed at prevention of violations of Russian laws involving their platforms, according to Chair of the Committee on Security and Corruption Control of the lower house of Russia’s Parliament Vasily Piskarev.12:16 17.03.2021
Facebook deletes drug couriers vacancies ads at request of Russian media watchdogFacebook has notified Roskomnadzor that the social network complied with the body’s request to remove pages and accounts that advertised vacancies of drug mules.14:36 12.03.2021
State Duma passes bill on prompt blocking of extremist content in first readingThe State Duma passed a bill envisaging prompt blocking of information containing justification of extremist and terrorist activities in the first reading on Tuesday.15:11 09.03.2021
VKontakte fined over $20,000 for failure to delete banned videoA court in St. Petersburg fined VKontakte social network 1.5 million rubles (over $20,000) for ignoring demands of Russia’s communications agency Roskomnadzor to delete video calling for participation in unauthorized rallies.14:23 09.03.2021
Facebook, Twitter, Google face administrative hearing over information blocking breachesA magistrate court in Moscow will consider nine administrative protocols against Facebook, Twitter and Google issued over failures to delete information calling teenagers to participate in illegal actions.13:35 09.03.2021
President Putin urges reaction to involvement of teenagers into illegal actionsRussian President Vladimir Putin urged, in accordance with the law, to respond to the involvement of minors in illegal unauthorized street actions addressing an expanded meeting of the collegium of the Ministry of Internal Affairs on Wednesday.17:19 03.03.2021
Russia’s Investigative Committee to launch probe into TikTok child suicide callsChairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin has issued an order to organize investigation into the dissemination of information on the TikTok social network that encourages children to commit suicide.11:38 03.03.2021