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The court fined Zoom 115 million rubles for operating in Russia without a branch. Moscow's Tagansky Magistrate's Court has fined Zoom, TikTok, and Likee for violating the law on foreign internet companies. Zoom has been fined 79.5 million rubles, TikTok — 6 million rubles, Likee — 4 million rubles.
Despite the initial threats, the listed web services remain operational and available in Russia, such as YouTube, Wikipedia, Telegram and Zoom. US tech companies including Microsoft and Zoom should be “throttled” and “strangled” from operating in Russia, President Vladimir Putin has said.