Bill on pretrial blocking of online defamation reaches State DumaA bill envisaging introduction of a procedure for pretrial blocking of information resources disseminating false information, which discredits honor and dignity of a person, has been submitted to the State Duma.12:06 17.02.2021
Bill regulating online social advertising reaches State DumaThe State Duma Committee for Information Policy has submitted to the lower house of Russia’s parliament a bill envisaging amendment of a federal law on advertising as concerns regulation of dissemination of social advertisements over the internet.14:49 11.02.2021
Number of appeals over minors' safety on internet ups by 62% - Russian Children OmbudsmanThe number of complaints related to online safety of children has grown by 62%, Children Rights Commissioner Anna Kuznetsova hsa informed.11:31 11.02.2021
Navalny’s ally accused of involvement of minors in illegal events faces arrest in absentiaInvestigators have filed a motion to arrest Leonid Volkov, an associate of opposition blogger Alexey Navalny, in absentia on charges of inducement of children to participate in unlawful events.10:57 10.02.2021
Litigants to take part in hearings via their smartphones – Russia’s Supreme Court ChairThe progress in the development of new technologies and web conferences will permit parties to participate in court hearings via their personal smartphones or computers, according to the Chairman of Russia’s Supreme Court Vyacheslav Lebedev.16:26 09.02.2021
Russian senators propose blocking social media for announces of unauthorized actionsThe Federation Council Commission on Information Policy had proposed to amend the legislation to the effect that social networks could be blocked for calls to take part in unauthorized actions, senator Alexey Pushkov informed at a briefing on Thursday.14:28 04.02.2021
Thirty four minors arrested at unauthorized rally in Moscow of February 2Thirty four minors were arrested during an unauthorized rally held in Moscow on February 2, member of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Development of Information Community, Mass Media, and Mass Communications, Director of the Internet Safety League Yekaterina Mizulina informs citing the Interior Ministry.16:48 03.02.2021
Russia’s Government approves rules governing support of socially important e-mediaChairman of the Government of the Russian Federation Mikhail Mishustin has signed a resolution establishing the rules governing provision of support to socially important online media outlets and the development of websites being of social or educational significance.13:17 03.02.2021
State Duma develops bill on representative offices of foreign IT-companies in RussiaThe State Duma Committee on Information Policy has started its work on a bill regulating the establishment of vested with necessary powers representative or branch offices of foreign internet companies in the territory of the Russian Federation.13:54 02.02.2021
Russia’s media watchdog urges Google to lift restrictions on playback of national anthemA demand to lift restrictions on the publication of materials containing the Russian Anthem has been send to Google LLC, the press service of Roskomnadzor.12:37 29.01.2021
Social networks face fines for involvement of minors into illegal activities - watchdogSocial networks Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, VKontakte, Odnoklassniki and YouTube video hosting service will be fined for failure to prevent distribution of calls for participation in the illegal January 23 rally targeted at minors, according to a statement of Russia’s communications agency Roskomnadzor.17:55 27.01.2021
Moscow woman sentenced to community service for coronavirus fake distributionThe Kuntsevsky District Court on Thursday sentenced Olga Tolokevich residing in Moscow to 6 months of community service for distribution of a fake about moving of the bodies of people dead from coronavirus out of one of the city’s observation centres.15:57 21.01.2021
VKontakte urged to suppress involvement of minors into wrongdoingRussia’s communications agency Roskomnadzor has sent a request to the management of VKontakte social network demanding to immediately suppress involvement of minors into unauthorized rallies.11:26 21.01.2021
Justice Department and Federal Notary Chamber launch online services for judgesThe Justice Department at Russia’s Supreme Court informs RAPSI that it has notified federal courts of general jurisdiction and Judicial Department’s regional offices that they have available a technical capability for judges to obtain data on inheritance cases and send requests to notaries via an electronic service.17:35 18.01.2021
President signs bill on sanctions for censorship of Russian media outlets into lawRussia’s President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill envisaging restriction of access to Internet resources censoring Russian media outlets into law.15:33 30.12.2020
Putin enacts bill on prison terms for online defamation into lawRussia’s President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday signed a bill introducing prison sentence as punishment for online defamation into law.14:19 30.12.2020
Russian man fined $1,700 for publishing Nazi photos on Immortal Regiment siteA court fined resident of Russia’s Kemerovo Dmitry Borodayenko 125,000 rubles ($1,700) for publishing photos of Nazi criminals on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement.15:23 28.12.2020
Cyber police to appear in RussiaRussia’s Interior Ministry will include in its structure cyber police; such a decision has been already taken by Minister Vladimir Kolokoltsev, the Ministry’s Deputy Head Igor Zubov has said in his interview as part of the “Personally to Children” project realized by the country’s Child Rights Commissioner and Children’s Community Council.17:03 21.12.2020
State Duma committee backs social media moderation amendmentsThe State Duma Committee on Information Policy on Monday supported amendments to a bill on the social networks’ obligations to moderate banned information.15:15 21.12.2020
Google fined over $40,000 for links to banned websites in search engine resultsA magistrate court on Thursday fined Google 3 million rubles (over $40,000) for failure to delete Internet resources containing information banned in Russia from the search engine.13:50 17.12.2020