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By Reuters | Updated: 17 October 2023

MOSCOW, Oct 17 (Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday fined Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O) 115 million roubles ($1.18 million) for operating without opening a local office, the RIA news agency reported.

Zoom did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

Moscow has clashed with foreign technology companies over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dispute that intensified after Russia sent its armed forces into Ukraine in February 2022.

MOSCOW, Oct 17 (Reuters) – A Russian court on Tuesday fined Zoom Video Communications (ZM.O) 115 million roubles ($1.18 million) for operating without opening a local office, the RIA news agency reported.

Zoom did not immediately respond to an emailed request for comment.

Moscow has clashed with foreign technology companies over content, censorship, data and local representation in a simmering dispute that intensified after Russia sent its armed forces into Ukraine in February 2022.

($1 = 97.3675 roubles)

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