Blogger Fined for Reposting Old Roskomnadzor Telegram Statement
A blogger was fined for publishing an old Roskomnadzor statement about unlocking Telegram. The World Court of the Tagansky District of Moscow fined Ekaterina Kuznetsova, author of the blog 'Not Marginal Content', 30,000 rubles in a case of 'abuse of freedom of the mass media'.
Consensus
- The blogger, Yekaterina Kuznetsova, was fined 30,000 roubles by the Tagansky District Court in Moscow.
- The fine was imposed under Article 13.15, Part 9 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses for abuse of media freedom.
- The post in question was published in June 2026 in her Telegram channel 'Ne marginalny kontent'.
- The post included a text from a 2020 Roskomnadzor statement about lifting the block on Telegram.
- The post began with the phrase 'Friends, I have good news, apparently'.
- Roskomnadzor claimed the post presented outdated but truthful information as current and potentially misleading.
- Roskomnadzor stated the post could have led to public disorder.
- The blogger did not agree that her post could lead to such consequences.
- The court decision was dated October 5.
- The Telegram channel has 15,000 subscribers.
Points of divergence
- The post was published in June 2026, and the blog is titled 'Ne marginalny kontent'. — tg_astrapress
- The court date was October 5, and the post was about a 2020 statement. — tg_currenttime
- The post included a news text about Telegram's full unblocking in summer 2020. — meduza
- The blogger has 115,000 followers on Instagram and 45,000 on VKontakte. — mediazona
Coverage (4 sources)
- Blogger fined for publishing old Roskomnadzor statement about Telegram unblocking — ASTRA
- In Moscow, blogger fined for post with old quote from Roskomnadzor about Telegram unblocking — Настоящее Время
- Author of the blog «Not Marginal Content» was fined by Roskomnadzor for a quote about Telegram unblocking — Meduza
- Author of the blog «Non-marginal content» was fined for reposting the 2020 Roskomnadzor statement on removing the block on Telegram — Медиазона
Key entities
- Moscow
- Telegram
- Roskomnadzor
- Ekaterina Kuznetsova
- Tagansky District
- World Court
- Media
- Caution, News
- Mediasphere
- Bloggeress