# Moscow court fines Telegram $44,743 for failing to remove prohibited content

https://mins.news/en/item/87734

- TASS, 2026-10-06 10:01 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/society/2198047

> Moscow’s Tagansky District Court fined Telegram 3.8 million rubles ($44,743) for three instances of posting information prohibited in Russia. The messaging app’s unpaid fines for violating Russian laws have now exceeded 38 million rubles ($447,427).

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