Russian prosecutors ask to close websites providing info on sales of banned foodA court in St. Petersburg has received five lawsuits from the local Prosecutor’s Office on declaring online information on potential supply of products that are banned for distribution in Russia illegal.12:31 27.06.2016
Russian Internet companies may have to keep and disclose online data – reportIrina Yarovaya, the Chairperson of the State Duma Committee for Security, has introduced amendments to the anti-terrorist bills package submitted to the Russian Parliament in April relating to storage and disclosure of online data.12:51 21.06.2016
Russian citizen fined $530 for calls to terrorism via WhatsAppThe North Caucasus District Military Court has imposed a fine of 35,000 rubles ($530) on Dagestan resident Eyzanat Gadzhimuradova for terrorist propaganda and calls for terrorist activity via WhatsApp Messenger.12:25 17.06.2016
Data on Russian nationals alleged to fight in Ukraine to be removed - Prosecutor’s OfficeThe Oktyabrksy District Court in St. Petersburg is to review a claim regarding unlawful publication of personal data on Russian nationals, who allegedly have fought in Ukraine, lodged by a District Prosecutor’s Office.12:58 14.06.2016
Russian lower house adopts bill on news aggregatorsThe State Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, has passed in the third and final reading a bill that would regulate distribution of information by news aggregators.17:11 10.06.2016
Russian billionaire’s lawsuits over refusal to delete data on Internet set for July 1The Kuibyshevsky District Court in St. Petersburg has scheduled for July 1 hearing of lawsuits filed by Russian billionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin over Yandex refusal to delete information about him.16:50 01.06.2016
Russian billionaire asks court to oblige Yandex to delete information about himA court in St. Petersburg will review six lawsuits filed by Russian billionaire Yevgeny Prigozhin against Yandex seeking to delete information about him in accordance with the law.18:30 31.05.2016
Communications ministry drafts bill on governmental control of Russian Internet – reportRussian Communications Ministry has developed a bill that introduces changes to the communications and information laws and allows government to control the entire critical Internet infrastructure in Russia.10:56 30.05.2016
Russian Internet watchdog blocks access to site on Crimea run by RFE-RLAccess to Internet site Krym.Realii, a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty project, has been blocked in Russia, Natalya Poklonskaya, the Crimean Prosecutor.18:45 12.05.2016
Twenty five alcohol-selling websites closed in RussiaRussian courts closed 25 websites and 7 webpages that were selling alcohol through the Internet.15:48 29.01.2016
One of Russia's most popular piracy websites to be shut downThe Moscow City Court’s ruling ordering to shut down Rutracker.org, one of Russia's most popular downloading websites, takes effect, according to court records.16:32 22.01.2016
Russian lower house approves fines for refusal to delete data on InternetThe State Duma on Tuesday passed in the third and final reading a bill on penalties for refusal of search engines to delete links to unreliable information sources at the request of individuals.20:30 22.12.2015
Russia's VKontakte fined for violating advertising regulationThe Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) has fined the VKontakte social network 100,000 rubles (over $1,500) for posting advertisements that were not age rated.15:53 17.09.2015
Russian court fines civic activist for reposting demotivational posterThe Leninsky District Court of Cheboksary, Chuvashia, has ruled that civic activist Dmitry Semyonov is to pay 150,000 rubles ($2,275) for inciting extremism by means of reposting a demotivational poster and has amnestied him.11:47 17.09.2015
Google ordered to pay $742 to Yekaterinburg resident for scanning e-mailThe Moscow City Court ordered Google to pay 50,000 rubles ($742) to Yekaterinburg resident Anton Burkov in compensation for violating his privacy rights.17:37 16.09.2015
Russian court sets September 28 hearing on copyright infringement suit against VKThe Commercial Court of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad Region will hear lawsuits filed by Universal Music Russia and Warner Music UK against Russia's top social network VKontakte on September 28.13:41 29.07.2015
Russia's social network VK settles copyright infringement dispute with Sony MusiсRussia's top social network VKontakte (VK) reached a settlement with recording label Sony Music of their litigation over alleged copyright infringement, Vedomosti newspaper reported on Tuesday.10:36 28.07.2015
Russian regulator vows to block YouTube pages over alleged copyright infringementThe Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor said that access to YouTube would be partially restricted over alleged copyright infringement, RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday.17:52 22.07.2015
German trial over Navalny’s hacked email extended until AugustThe trial at a district court in Bonn involving Sergei Maksimov, who stands charged with hacking into the email of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny and stealing personal data, has been extended until August 5.18:32 21.07.2015
Putin proposes postponing personal data storage lawPresident Vladimir Putin has issued instructions to consider postponing the enforcement of the personal data storage law due to several foreign companies’ concerns.16:03 13.07.2015