Russia court fines Amazon 1 million roubles for failure to delete illegal content

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – A Moscow court on Tuesday fined U.S. ecommerce giant Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) 1 million roubles ($16,150), Interfax reported.

Interfax said that the court ruled that Amazon had failed to delete material “propagandising suicide”, which is illegal under Russian law.