Telegram was fined twice in Russia – the amount of fines since the beginning of the year has exceeded 100 million rubles

On August 19, the Moscow Tagansky District Court fined Telegram courier 3.8 million rubles. According to reports, due to refusal to remove prohibited content TASS Reference court information. This is the second time in two days that the courier has been fined in this way.

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“Moscow Telegraph and Courier Company was found guilty by the Tagansky District Court of the Russian Federation of administrative offenses specified in Part 2 of Article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation (violation of procedures for restricting access to information, information resources, to which access to information, information resources shall be restricted in accordance with the laws of the Russian Federation). The court imposed an administrative penalty of 3.8 million brus in the form of an administrative fine,” – A TASS reporter was told in court.

The day before, on August 18, the Moscow Tagansky District Court imposed a fine of the same amount on the courier for similar administrative violations in accordance with Article 2 of the Constitution of the Russian Federation. 13.41 Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation. According to the provisions of this article, the maximum fine for such violations by a company is 4 million rubles.

In the same month, on August 12, Telegram was fined 14 million rubles. Three administrative offense protocols were drawn up against the company. According to one of the persons, the company was found guilty of violating Article 4(4). A fine of 7 million rubles was imposed in accordance with Article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, and she was convicted of crimes under Article 13.41 of Part 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation in accordance with two other protocols. Article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation imposes a fine of 3.8 million rubles. for each. Telegram reportedly did not remove information about extremist groups and prostitutes, nor did it restrict access to publications containing answers to the Unified National Examination (USE).

according to interfax Referring to information from law enforcement agencies, in just six months in 2026, the capital court fined Telegram more than 100 million rubles.