{
  "id": 15917011,
  "title": "Moscow court fines blogger 30,000 rubles for joke that presented Russia’s 2020 Telegram unblocking announcement (now effectively rolled back) as current news",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/moscow-court-fines-blogger-30-000-rubles-for-joke-that-presented",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T16:22:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Meduza (English)",
    "slug": "meduza-english",
    "url": "https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/21/moscow-court-fines-blogger-30-000-rubles-for-joke-that-presented-russia-s-2020-telegram-unblocking-announcement-now-effectively-rolled-back-as-current-news"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Moscow court imposed a fine of 30,000 rubles on blogger Yekaterina Kuznetsova for an administrative offense related to the misuse of media freedom under Part 9 of Article 13.15 of Russia's Code of Administrative Offenses. The citation was issued due to a June 2026 post on her Telegram channel, Ne marginalny kontent, which boasts 15,000 subscribers. In the post, Kuznetsova stated, \"Friends, looks like I’ve got some good news,\" followed by a statement from Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, announcing the full unblocking of the messaging app in the summer of 2020. Kuznetsova later received a notice from Roskomnadzor demanding the removal of the post for disseminating false information on a matter of public importance. The regulator concluded that Kuznetsova \"presents old, accurate information as fresh, current news,\" asserting that the post could mislead readers and potentially incite public disorder.",
  "summary": "A magistrate’s court in Moscow’s Tagansky district fined blogger Yekaterina Kuznetsova 30,000 rubles for an administrative offense involving abuse of media freedom under Part 9 of Article 13.15 of Russia’s Code of Administrative Offenses, the news outlets Ostorozhno, Novosti and Mediazona reported.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}