Fines issued by Russian courts to Alphabet's Google and YouTube, Meta, TikTok, and Telegram seem to have been resolved, as these companies are no longer listed as debtors in the state bailiffs' database.
However, the database still includes X (formerly Twitter) and Twitch, facing fines of 51 million roubles ($560,730) and 23 million roubles ($252,879), respectively.
Requests for comments from Google, Meta, TikTok, and Telegram have not been immediately answered. State bailiffs could not be reached immediately.
Russia has been in conflict with foreign tech companies over perceived unlawful content and the failure to store user data locally, heightening tensions after Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Twitter and Meta's Facebook and Instagram were blocked, and Google-owned YouTube faced increased scrutiny from the Russian government.
In late 2023, a Russian court imposed a 4.6 billion roubles ($50.4 million) fine on Google, calculated as a percentage of its annual turnover in Russia.
Meta, labelled "extremist" in 2022, has also incurred fines as a percentage of its Russian revenue.
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