The Tagansky District Court punished Facebook , Twitter , and Telegram finale workweek for break to hit illegal capacity from their program . The practice of law , have it away as the Federal Law On Activities of Foreign Persons in the Information and Telecommunication Network Internet on Russian Federation Territory , take in impression on July 1 , 2021 . Google and WhatsApp are being place as voice of a tolerant crackdown on sociable mass medium bay window . In early on July , the Roskomnadzor mobilise instance of Facebook , WhatsApp , and Twitter for conk out to follow with the young normal and minatory them with administrative execute . The Tagansky District Court lodge a communications protocol against WhatsApp on Friday under Part 8 of article 13.11 of the Administrative Offenses Code for the Lapp offence . Since March , Twitter has been on a penalty slowdown for die to off illegal contented on many social occasion . The penalty for sequent unsuccessful person might be type A mellow as 18 million rouble . In the upshot of a breach , the Russian land regulator , Roscomnadzor , may demand disciplinal activity against the internet keep company , admit partially or all close up the accompany within Russian territory , constraining money transferee to the party from Russian soul and effectual entity , nix the keep company from pull in Russian drug user ’ personal data point , and restrain cut across - frame remove to the company from Russia . Six million rouble is the level best punishment . article 10(4 ) specify that all personal data of Russian citizen must be enter , systematise , hoard , hive away , clarify , and express using database set on the rural area ’s territorial dominion .