Russia: Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media lawsuit against Discord for alleged breach of data localisation requirement
Progress
Current status
in force
05 Feb 2025 in force
10 Dec 2024 under deliberation
Scope
Implementers
Russia
Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data localisation requirement
Regulated Economic Activity
platform intermediary: user-generated content
Government Branch
judiciary
Government Body
court
Implementation Level
national
Timeline of events
Tagansky District Court issued ruling in lawsuit against Discord for alleged breach of data localisation requirement (Case No. 05-0030/422/2025)
On 5 February 2025, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow issued a ruling in a lawsuit against Discord for failing to localise personal data in Russia. The ruling imposed a fine of RUB 2 million on Discord. The court found that Discord, as a data op…
SourceEvent type
public lawsuit
Action type
ruling
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court
Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media filed lawsuit against Discord for alleged breach of data localisation requirement
On 10 December 2025, the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) issued an administrative violation report alleging Discord to have breached Part 8, Article 13.11 of the Russian Adminis…
SourceEvent type
public lawsuit
Action type
announcement
Government branch
judiciary
Government body
court