Moscow’s Tagansky District Court fined Telegram a total of 14.6 million rubles on August 12 under three administrative offense protocols filed against the platform.
The court held the messaging platform responsible for violating the procedure for restricting access to information whose access must be limited under Article 13.41 of Russia’s Code of Administrative Offenses.
The case covered three types of content
The case documents stated that prohibited content in Russia had been published on various Telegram channels. This included material related to train surfing, information about the LGBT movement, which is deemed extremist in Russia, and answers to Unified State Examination questions.
The prosecution sent Telegram several orders seeking the removal of the publications. However, the orders were not carried out.
Telegram representatives did not attend the hearing.