A Moscow court has fined Apple a total of 10.5 million rubles (approximately $131,000) for alleged violations of Russia’s ban on “LGBT propaganda” and for failing to delete prohibited content at the request of government censors.
The rulings were issued on May 19 by the Tagansky District Court, according to Mediazona, an independent Russian media outlet whose reporters were in the courtroom for those parts of the proceedings that were not closed to the press. Russian state media Tass and Interfax corroborated the rulings.
Over the course of the afternoon, Judge Alexandra Anokhina issued four separate fines against Apple Distribution International Ltd., per Mediazona….