Moscow court agrees opposition actvist Navalny’s blog should be closedThe Lyublinsky District Court of Moscow on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by opposition stalwart Alexei Navalny challenging the blocking of his LiveJournal blog.13:28 11.04.2014
Apple seeks $2.191 from Samsung for alleged infringement – reportAn 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.18:04 09.04.2014
Consumer protection NGO's lawsuit against CATV networks dismissedMoscow'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.15:48 08.04.2014
Culture Ministry supports commercial breaks during cartoonsThe 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.15:07 08.04.2014
Russian-language TV station suspended for three months in LithuaniaThe 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.17:03 07.04.2014
Google appeals Turkish court’s decision to uphold YouTube ban – reportGoogle 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.16:26 07.04.2014
Russia may equate popular bloggers to media resourcesLawmakers 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.15:46 07.04.2014
Investment fund sues VKontakte founder over messengerThe 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.12:37 07.04.2014
Kazakh mobile operator Kcell hit with $88 million antitrust fineThe 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).11:15 11.03.2014
Russian lawmakers approve block on websites with pirated contentThe 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.15:50 06.03.2014
Russian court restricts access to online search results for extremist materialThe 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.11:41 05.03.2014
Venezuela considers expelling CNNVenezuelan 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.11:37 21.02.2014
About 3,700 pro-suicide websites closed by Russian regulatorAround 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).10:36 21.02.2014
Lawsuit against CATV networks returned to Consumer protection NGOMoscow'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.18:42 19.02.2014
Prosecutor General's Office demands closure of 'terrorist' websitesRussian 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.17:23 19.02.2014
Russian bloggers may be bound by media laws - reportThe State Duma is working on amendments to the laws and regulations that cover mass media and the internet, including the blogosphere, Izvestia reports.12:43 19.02.2014
Troubled liberal TV channel won't sue cable operators that dropped itTV 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.15:14 14.02.2014
Consumer protection NGO sues more CATV networks for suspension of Dozhd channelThe 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.12:54 13.02.2014
Russian telecoms may be banned from using foreign equipmentA bill banning Russian telecom providers from using foreign equipment was submitted to the State Duma on Tuesday, Digit.ru writes.16:12 12.02.2014
Consumer protection NGO seeks to resume broadcasting of TV channel after WWII pollThe 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.12:44 10.02.2014