Moscow court blocks access to Telegram in RussiaThe Tagansky District Court of Moscow has blocked access to Telegram messenger for the whole Russia.11:57 13.04.2018
Russian Human Rights Council argues against blocking of TelegramMembers of the Presidential Council for Human Rights have called the communications watchdog Roskomnadzor to refrain from blocking Telegram messenger in Russia.18:01 03.04.2018
Russian child rights ombudsman calls for creation of Internet monitoring serviceRussia's children's rights commissioner Anna Kuznetsova has called for creation of a specialized entity, which would be responsible for the all-day monitoring of information harmful to children.14:29 03.04.2018
Alleged curator of suicide social network to go on trialThe Chelyabinsk Regional Court will hear a case against an alleged curator of the infamous social network group Blue Whale Ilya Sidorov charged with incitement to suicide.18:11 02.04.2018
Russian Supreme Court upholds FSB decree on decoding messagesThe Supreme Court of Russia on Tuesday upheld the right of the Federal Security Service (FSB) to request information-dissemination organizers for data on decoding of user messages.13:01 20.03.2018
Russian NGO turns to Supreme Court in dispute with Google over links removalThe SOVA Center for Information and Analysis has filed an appeal with the Supreme Court seeking to recover the links removed from Google search results under the law on information protection.13:00 01.03.2018
Russian Culture Ministry proposes to clarify procedure of blocking websites out of courtRussia’s Culture Ministry has prepared a bill clarifying a procedure of blocking websites out of court on the request of rights holders.14:57 20.02.2018
Russian media watchdog blocks over 600 mirrors of pirate websites in 4 monthsSince October 1 of 2017, the Russian media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has blocked over 600 mirror websites of online resources banned in Russia.12:59 06.02.2018
Russian prosecutors seek to block websites of 11 “undesirable organizations”The Prosecutor General’s Office has asked Russia’s media watchdog Roskomnadzor to restrict access to websites of 11 organizations designated as “undesirable”.13:39 12.12.2017
Communications watchdog blocks 59 websites posting addresses of 100 mln Russian citizensThe communications agency Roskomnadzor has blocked 59 websites which illegally published personal data of more than 100 million Russian nationals including addresses and telephone numbers.12:46 30.11.2017
Russian citizen fined $7,000 for rehabilitation of NazismA Russian citizen has been fined 400,000 rubles (about $7,000) for creating and operating a Nazi public page on a social media platform.10:22 21.11.2017
Russian NGO files appeal in dispute with Google over links removalThe SOVA Center for Information and Analysis has appealed a court’s ruling dismissing its lawsuit against Google, seeking the recovery of links removed from search results under the law on information protection.10:58 03.11.2017
Putin announces measures of Russian information platform’s protectionRussian President Vladimir Putin during the Security Council’s meeting on Thursday announced measures of the state information infrastructure’s protection.18:03 26.10.2017
Kyrgyz national faces trial in Russia on terrorism chargesA criminal case against a Kyrgyz citizen, who had allegedly plotted terrorist attacks in Russia, was forwarded to the Moscow District Military Court for hearing.17:57 23.10.2017
State Duma passes bill on fines for breaking anonymizer law in first readingThe State Duma has passed in the first reading a bill introducing fines for failure to comply with the law prohibiting the use of technologies enabling access to blocked websites, also known as anonymizers.10:59 12.10.2017
Over 300 train hitching webpages removed within year - watchdogOver 300 webpages containing information on train hitching were removed in a year, Russia’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor announced on Wednesday.15:15 27.09.2017
Large online catalog of Android pirated software blocked in RussiaLarge online catalog of Android pirated software, androidapplications.ru, has been blocked.12:57 20.09.2017
Russia forwards to ECHR comments on complaint over website blockingRussia has sent to Strasbourg comments to a complaint filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) by a website owner over blocking of his Internet resource.09:40 19.09.2017
State Duma committee backs bill on fines for violating law on anonymizersThe State Duma Committee on Legislation has backed a bill introducing fines for failure to comply with the law prohibiting the use of technologies enabling access to blocked websites, also known as anonymizers.14:38 14.09.2017
Moscow court to pass judgement in Russian hacking group case on September 6The Moscow City Court is to pass its judgement in the case of hacking group Shaltai-Boltai, or Humpty Dumpty, on September 6.14:57 30.08.2017