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Apple seeks $2.191 from Samsung for alleged infringement – report

18:04 09/04/2014 An economist testifying in Apple’s patent infringement case against Samsung argued that the latter should pay the former $2.191 billion in damages, CNet reported Tuesday.

Consumer protection NGO's lawsuit against CATV networks dismissed

15:48 08/04/2014 Moscow's Savyolovsky District Court on Tuesday rejected lawsuit filed by the Consumer Rights Protection Society against several cable networks that suspended Russian TV channel Dozhd after a controversial World War II poll was posted on the channel's website, RAPSI reports from the courtroom.

Culture Ministry supports commercial breaks during cartoons

15:07 08/04/2014 The Ministry of Culture is drafting amendments to the Law on Advertising to promote children’s goods on television, including a provision to allow commercial breaks during animated films for children, reads an announcement posted on the website of planned legislation.

Russian-language TV station suspended for three months in Lithuania

17:03 07/04/2014 The Vilnius District Administrative Court upheld a request from the Lithuanian Commission for Radio and Television Broadcasting and authorized suspension of RTR-Planeta (Russia) rebroadcasts in Lithuania for three months.

Google appeals Turkish court’s decision to uphold YouTube ban – report

16:26 07/04/2014 Google has turned to the Turkish courts to challenge the country’s block of YouTube that has been in place since March 27, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday.

Russia may equate popular bloggers to media resources

15:46 07/04/2014 Lawmakers Andrei Lugovoi and Vadim Dengin (Liberal Democratic Party) will submit a bill to the State Duma this week to assign media responsibilities to popular bloggers.

Investment fund sues VKontakte founder over messenger

12:37 07/04/2014 The UCP investment fund has initiated litigation in the Virgin Islands to protect its rights for the Telegram internet messaging service, which was designed by the founder of Russia’s largest social network VKontakte, Pavel Durov, according to a statement released by the fund Monday.

Kazakh mobile operator Kcell hit with $88 million antitrust fine

11:15 11/03/2014 The court of Almaty has ruled in favor of Kazakhstan’s Competition Protection Agency in its case against Kcell, the leading mobile operator of Kazakhstan. Kcell is to pay a fine of 16 billion tenge ($88 million).

Russian lawmakers approve block on websites with pirated content

15:50 06/03/2014 The State Duma Committee on Information Policy has recommended that the lower house adopt a bill to extend the anti-piracy law to all copyrighted and related rights content.

Russian court restricts access to online search results for extremist material

11:41 05/03/2014 The Central District Court of Khabarovsk has compelled a Rostelecom branch to limit access to certain links on the Yandex, Wikipedia and Kinopoisk websites that contain extremist material.

Venezuela considers expelling CNN

11:37 21/02/2014 Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday instructed Minister of Communications and Information Delcy Rodríguez to notify CNN of an administrative investigation of its activity as a result of which it could be expelled from the country.

About 3,700 pro-suicide websites closed by Russian regulator

10:36 21/02/2014 Around 3,700 websites containing pro-suicide information have been closed in Russia since November 2012, according to the website of the Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).

Lawsuit against CATV networks returned to Consumer protection NGO

18:42 19/02/2014 Moscow's Ostankinsky District Court has returned a lawsuit against several cable networks that suspended Russian TV channel Dozhd, after a controversial World War II poll was posted on the station's website, to the Consumer Rights Protection Society, according to the court's website.

Prosecutor General's Office demands closure of 'terrorist' websites

17:23 19/02/2014 Russian Prosecutor General's Office ordered the telecommunications regulator Roskomnadzor to shut down three extremist websites and their blog version, offical spokesman for the prosecutor's office Marina Gridneva told the press on Wednesday.

Russian bloggers may be bound by media laws - report

12:43 19/02/2014 The State Duma is working on amendments to the laws and regulations that cover mass media and the internet, including the blogosphere, Izvestia reports.

Troubled liberal TV channel won't sue cable operators that dropped it

15:14 14/02/2014 TV channel Dozhd (Rain) is not going to sue the cable operators that stopped broadcasting it because the channel wants to maintain long-term relations with them and hopes that the operators will resume its broadcasts, investor Alexander Vinokurov told RIA Novosti on Friday.

Consumer protection NGO sues more CATV networks for suspension of Dozhd channel

12:54 13/02/2014 The Consumer Rights Protection Society filed a lawsuit with Moscow's Savyolovsky District Court against three other cable networks that suspended Russian TV channel Dozhd, after a controversial World War II poll was posted on the station's website, the consumer protection NGO's press office announced Thursday.

Russian telecoms may be banned from using foreign equipment

16:12 12/02/2014 A bill banning Russian telecom providers from using foreign equipment was submitted to the State Duma on Tuesday, Digit.ru writes.

Consumer protection NGO seeks to resume broadcasting of TV channel after WWII poll

12:44 10/02/2014 The Consumer Rights Protection Society filed a lawsuit with Moscow's Ostankinsky District Court against several cable networks that suspended Russian TV channel Dozhd, after a controversial World War II poll was posted on the station's website, according to the statement of the consumer protection NGO's press office.

Russian lawmakers propose ban on scenes of child violence on TV

11:21 06/02/2014 The Liberal Democrats have submitted a bill to the State Duma seeking a ban on scenes depicting children committing acts of violence acts on television between 7am and midnight, co-sponsor Yaroslav Nilov told RIA Novosti. The problem of violent influences on children and teens has re-emerged in the aftermath of a shooting at a Moscow school on Monday.

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