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Court marshals visit Google’s Moscow office to enforce censorship decision

September 18, 2021

In the run-up to Russia’s parliamentary elections on Sept. 17-18-19, the Kremlin’s battle against online dissent brings new developments almost daily. Tech giants are not spared, with Google at the forefront earlier this week. Court marshals visited the company’s Moscow office to enforce an injunctive measure to remove the opposition-minded ‘Smart Voting’ site from search results. This …

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Escaped killer of Russian meat magnate caught via facial recognition

September 14, 2021

The man accused of killing a Russian meat magnate in his sauna with a crossbow has been caught after escaping from jail, investigators said Tuesday.  Alexander Mavridi, who escaped from a pre-trial detention center in the Moscow region last month, was detained in the capital Tuesday after he was detected by the city’s facial-recognition surveillance cameras, the state-run TASS …

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Russia’s prosecutor writes to Apple and Google CEOs, foreign affairs ministry summons US ambassador over “election interference”

September 18, 2021

In the run-up to Russia’s Sept. 17-19 parliamentary elections, as the authorities have been purging the field of almost all genuine opposition politicians, the battle against dissent is also raging online. In recent weeks, among other measures, the authorities barred dozens of websites linked to jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, including his main website navalny.com. They had Yandex …

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Russian search engine delists Navalny’s tactical voting site after ban

September 12, 2021

Russian tech firm Yandex said on Tuesday it had removed jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s tactical voting website from its search engine to comply with a government ban ahead of a parliamentary election this month. Navalny and his allies want to use the website and a separate app, dubbed ‘Smart Voting,’ to organise a tactical …

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Russia accuses Apple, Google of election interference

September 3, 2021

Russia said Thursday that Google and Apple’s refusal to remove jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s app ahead of elections could be seen as interference in the country’s domestic affairs. The country is holding parliamentary elections later this month, with nearly all vocal Kremlin critics including Navalny’s allies barred from running.  Roskomnadzor, the Internet and telecom …

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Russia imposes record fines on Western digital giants for violating personal data and antimonopoly laws

August 27, 2021

In the latest move of a long saga, a Moscow court fined yesterday three US digital companies for violating the country’s personal data storage legislation.  Facebook and Twitter were fined 15 million rubles (some $200,000 at the current exchange rate) and 17 million rubles ($230,000), respectively, for repeat infractions, while WhatsApp will have to pay 4 million …

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US investor Calvey appeals Russian embezzlement conviction

September 3, 2021

American investor Michael Calvey has launched an appeal against his controversial conviction on embezzlement charges, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Thursday. “The court has received an appeal by Michael Calvey’s defense lawyers,” a representative of Moscow’s Meshchansky district court told the news agency. The appeal is the latest twist of a legal saga that has …

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Russian court finds Baring Vostok’s top managers guilty of embezzlement, Calvey and Delpal receive suspended sentences

August 15, 2021

On Friday, Aug. 6, more than two and a half years after its beginning, a high-profile case emblematic of the rule of law in Russian business life came to a decisive development. American Michael Calvey, French Philippe Delpal and their Russian colleagues of the Baring Vostok managing team were found guilty by a Moscow court. …

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Moscow court fines Google for breaching Russia’s personal data storage law

August 27, 2021

Last week a Russian court fined Google’s local subsidiary 3 million rubles (around $41,000 at the current exchange rate) for violating Russia’s personal data storage law, reports TASS news agency. While the US digital giant had previously been fined for refusing to remove censored information and for abusing dominant position, it is the first fine …

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Russia demands YouTube block Navalny channel

August 3, 2021

Russian authorities have demanded that YouTube block jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s popular channel that has published viral investigations into corruption and fueled anti-government protests in recent years, his senior ally said Friday.  The request comes less than a week after Russia’s internet regulator Roskomnadzor blocked 49 Navalny-linked websites and sought to ban his associates’ Twitter accounts. …

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Moscow court bans Telegram bot ‘Eye of God’ over privacy violations

July 2, 2021

At the request of Russia’s censorship agency, Roskomnadzor, Moscow’s Tagansky District Court has banned the Telegram bot “Eye of God” for alleged illegal activity that violates privacy rights. According to Roskomnadzor’s claim, the Telegram bot, which searches online databases for people’s personal information, violates privacy rights “by accessing an indefinite circle of persons’ personal data …

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Russia gives Google 24-hour ultimatum to remove banned content

May 25, 2021

Russia’s internet regulator has threatened to slow down Google services in Russia if it does not comply with requests to delete content within 24 hours. According to Roskomnadzor, Google has failed to remove 20-30% of links to content which are prohibited in Russia — a controversial category which includes content promoting drug use and featuring …

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