Russia fined Telegram for $140,000

The magistrate of the 422nd court district in Moscow fined Telegram and Facebook for $140,000 (10 million rubles) and $235,000 (17 million rubbles) accordingly. There are multiple proceedings valuing for Telegram 2 or 3 million rubbles each. All of them are filled in according to a law which enforces social media to remove illegal content. Earlier, the magistrate of Tagansk region in Moscow fined Telegram in two proceedings filled by Roskomnadzor, totally valuing $70,000 (5 million rubbles).