Telegram Fined 3.8M RUB for Not Removing Prohibited Content

Moscow's Taganok court fined Telegram 3.8 million rubles for refusing to remove prohibited content on Russian territory.

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Telegram was fined 3.8 million rubles on 19 August 2026 by the Tagansky District Court in Moscow.
The fine was imposed for failing to remove prohibited content in Russia.
The court found Telegram guilty of violating part 2 of article 13.41 of the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses (KоАП РФ).
The same fine was issued on 18 August 2026 for a similar violation.
The total amount of unpaid fines for Telegram has reached nearly 53.7 million rubles.

On 19 August 2026, Telegram and GitHub were jointly fined 7.3 million rubles — 3.8 million for Telegram and 3.5 million for GitHub — for the same violation. — vm
On 19 August, Google was also fined 3.8 million rubles for violating access restriction requirements. — vedomosti
On 18 August, Google was fined 3.8 million rubles, and on 29 June, Telegram was fined 3.5 million rubles for lack of monitoring prohibited content. — vedomosti
On the previous week, Telegram was fined 14.6 million rubles for refusing to remove other prohibited materials. — vesti
On 19 August, Google and Microsoft were also fined 3.8 and 3.5 million rubles respectively for failing to localize data of Russian users. — vm