Russia fines streaming service Twitch 3 million rbls -agencies


FILE PHOTO: A twitch sign-in screen is seen at the offices of Twitch Interactive Inc, a social video platform and gaming community owned by Amazon, in San Francisco, California, U.S., March 6, 2017. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A court in Russia on Tuesday fined streaming company Twitch 3 million roubles ($50,209) for refusing to remove a two-hour interview with an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Russian news agencies reported.

Twitch did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

($1 = 59.7500 roubles)

(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)

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