Moscow Court Fines Twitter $62,840 For Refusal To Relocate Databases To Russia

Moscow Court Fines Twitter $62,840 for Refusal to Relocate Databases to Russia

A court in Moscow has imposed a 4 million rubles ($62,840) fine on Twitter for its refusal to relocate to Russia databases containing personal information of Russian users, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the courtroom

MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 13th February, 2020) A court in Moscow has imposed a 4 million rubles ($62,840) fine on Twitter for its refusal to relocate to Russia databases containing personal information of Russian users, a Sputnik correspondent reported from the courtroom.

"To find foreign entity Twitter Inc., which is registered in California, the United States, guilty of committing an administrative crime and to impose a fine in the amount of 4 million rubles," judge Alexandra Mikhaleva said.