A court in Moscow fined Twitch and the Wikimedia Foundation

A court in Moscow recognized the company Twitch Interactive, Inc. and Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. guilty of repeated failure to fulfill the duties of a foreign Internet company.

The companies were fined 41.8 million rubles and 10 million rubles, respectively.

MOSCOW, October 7 - RIA Novosti. A court in Moscow recognized the company "Twitch Interactive, Inc." (Twitch Interactive, Inc.) and the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.) guilty of repeated failure to fulfill the duties of a foreign Internet company, the press service of the Moscow City Court told RIA Novosti.

“The court found Twitch Interactive, Inc. and Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. guilty of committing administrative offenses under Part 3 of Article 13.49 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, and sentenced them to administrative fines in the amount of more than 41.8 million rubles and 10 million rubles, respectively,” the agency’s interlocutor said.

According to Russian law, foreign Internet companies are required to have a branch or representative office in Russia, post a form for citizens’ requests, and register with Roskomnadzor.

Twitch is an American live video streaming platform owned by Amazon. The main audience is gamers; music, creative streams and talk shows are also broadcast.