Moscow’s Tagansky District Court imposed fines totaling 14.6 million rubles on Telegram on November 3 in several administrative cases over failure to remove material prohibited under Russian law. According to Interfax, the fines are recorded in court rulings.
The cases concern Article 13.41 of Russia’s Code of Administrative Offenses, which establishes liability for online services that fail to remove prohibited content. The available court summaries do not specify the material involved or the particular provisions applied in each ruling.