Russia fines Wikipedia owner for failing to delete Azov battalion content - Ifax


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  • Tuesday, 06 Jun 2023

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian court on Tuesday fined the Wikimedia Foundation, which owns Wikipedia, 3 million roubles ($36,854) for refusing to delete an article on Ukraine's Azov battalion, the Interfax news agency reported.

Wikimedia did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

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