Overview

• Apple was fined 10.5 million roubles ($130,483) across four administrative cases by Moscow's Tagansky Court.
• Three fines of 2.5 million roubles each were issued for violations of Russia's LGBT propaganda laws, which were expanded in 2023.
• A fourth fine of 3 million roubles was imposed for failing to restrict access to online content deemed illegal by Russian authorities.
• Apple's legal representative requested that the hearings be closed to the public, leaving the specifics of the cases undisclosed.
• The penalties reflect Russia's intensified crackdown on LGBT rights and foreign tech companies under increasingly restrictive laws.