Russian court fines Apple and host of Wikipedia over ‘false information’

A justice of the peace in a magistrates’ court imposed a 400,000-rouble (£3,360) fine on Apple (Alamy/PA)

A Russian court has imposed fines on Apple and the host of Wikipedia for failing to remove material deemed to be “false information” about Russia’s military actions in Ukraine.

A justice of the peace in a magistrates’ court, which handles administrative violations and low-level criminal cases, fined the Wikimedia Foundation three million roubles (€29,300) for retaining material on Russian-language Wikipedia pages that violated a law against discrediting Russia’s military and spreading false information about the Ukraine conflict, the Interfax news agency reported.