Russian Interior Ministry proposes punishment for repeated online drug propagandaThe Interior Ministry of Russia has drafted a bill imposing criminal punishment for repeated propagation of drugs and psychoactive substances on the Internet.16:13 13.08.2020
E-register of voters to exclude issuance of second ballot – Civic Chamber memberAn electronic register of voters will entirely rule out the possibility of issuance of the second ballot during elections, according to Chair of the Civic Chamber’s Vote public control coordination board Maxim Grigoryev.17:39 12.08.2020
Moscow court detains blogger in case over access to data constituting state secretMoscow’s Meshchansky District Court has placed blogger Andrey Pyzh charged with illegal access to the data constituting a state secret in detention until October 5.12:06 12.08.2020
Seven more criminal cases launched against founder of Police Ombudsman public pageInvestigators have launched seven more cases against Vladimir Vorontsov, the creator of the Telegram channel called Police Ombudsman.11:57 12.08.2020
Admin of Telegram channel to stand porno peddling trial in Russia’s VologdaThe Vologda City Court will hear a public porno peddling case against the Police Ombudsman Telegram channel’s admin Igor Khudyakov.18:02 10.08.2020
Moscow court fines Google $20,300 for content filtering failureA magistrate court on Monday fined Google 1.5 million rubles ($20,300) for repeated violation of the obligationton to filter content banned in Russia.13:58 10.08.2020
Russia’s Primorye resident faces trial on social media hacking allegationsProsecutors in Russia’s Primorsky Krai approved indictment against a local resident, who had allegedly hacked accounts of 21 users of a social network.13:28 05.08.2020
One more case opened over Nazi photo on Immortal Regiment websiteInvestigation was launched into a 28-year resident of Russia’s Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), who had allegedly published a photo of Adolf Hitler on the website of the Immortal Regiment movement.13:03 04.08.2020
Man to be tried in Tatarstan over Nazi photos on Immortal Regiment siteThe Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan will hear a case against resident of Kazan Mohammed Al-Ayubi charged with rehabilitation of Nazism during the Immortal Regiment movement online action.10:15 31.07.2020
Over 4,000 websites distributing fakes blocked in Russia in 2020More than 4,000 websites distributing fake information have been blocked at the request of prosecutors since the beginning of 2020.14:38 30.07.2020
Public Internet expert seeks to oblige foreign social media to open offices in RussiaForeign social network must be obliged at the legislative level to open their representative offices in Russia, First Deputy Chair of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Development of the Information Community Alexander Malkevich wrote on his social media page on Thursday.11:44 30.07.2020
Experts say it is necessary to make Google comply with Russian lawsRussia needs to immediately adopt a law on self-regulation of social networks, according to First Deputy Chair of Russia’s Civic Chamber Commission on Development of the Information Community Alexander Malkevich.17:44 29.07.2020
Man accused of insulting Russian Constitutional Court judges detained for 7 daysA court has ordered a man charged with insulting judges of Russia’s Constitutional Court on the Internet to be placed in administrative detention for 7 days.17:36 23.07.2020
Russia’s State Duma adopts bill on regulatory sandboxThe lower house of Russia’s Parliament has approved in the third and final reading a bill envisaging the possibility of introduction of experimental legal regimes, the so-called regulatory sandboxes in the digital innovations sphere.17:09 22.07.2020
Admin of Telegram channel pleads guilty to porno peddlingThe Police Ombudsman Telegram channel’s admin Igor Khudyakov has pleaded guilty to public porno peddling.13:27 22.07.2020
Draft law on e-visa for foreigners passed by lower house of Russian parliamentThe State Duma adopted a bill on e-visa for foreigners in a final third reading on Tuesday.14:42 21.07.2020
Admin of Telegram channel to be released from detentionInvestigators will overturn detention of the Police Ombudsman Telegram channel’s admin Igor Khudyakov in a porno peddling case.16:22 20.07.2020
Public member proposes to create Internet law enforcement to fight illegal contentThe First Deputy Chairman of the Civic Chamber’s Commission for Examination of Legislative Initiatives Artem Kiryanov proposed creation of Internet prosecutor’s office and Internet police to fight illegal web content during a round table conference on Monday.13:38 20.07.2020
State Duma to discuss steep fines for failures to remove banned information from webA bill envisaging introduction of hefty administrative fines for failures to limit access to or remove banned information, for instance that containing calls for extremism, has reached State Duma.13:43 16.07.2020
Tougher criminal punishment proposed for inducement to drug use in RussiaA bill stipulating criminal punishment for inducing to drug use through the Internet has been brought before the State Dum.17:11 09.07.2020