IT companies face higher fines in Russia for noncompliance with data privacy and content moderation rules.

In December 2019, Russia imposed large fines for certain types of violations of the Russian data privacy and content moderation rules. The amendments to the Russian Code of Administrative Offenses (the Law and the Code, respectively) introduced significant penalties for data controllers and various types of IT businesses, including the owners of instant-messaging services, search engines, and audiovisual resources.