In her opinion, if we consider the initial fine for a single violation

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Ekaterina Tokareva, a partner at the Pen & Paper Bar Association, believes that if we do not touch upon the issues of the need to collect such a volume of data with such frequency, and consider the draft law very formally, then introducing liability for failure to comply with any of the provisions of the law is logical. "Without a malaysia cell phone number list sanction for violating the provisions of the law, such a provision is essentially stillborn, not mandatory for implementation. Legislation on the collection and provision of information of this kind has existed for a long time, and accordingly, it was predictable for the state to introduce liability for violating this legislation. I cannot explain why liability is being introduced now, perhaps it was connected with a certain transition period related to the conclusion of contracts with Mediascope. Perhaps there were some technical problems related to the implementation of the requirements of the law and which until recently could not be eliminated," the lawyer suggests.

, it is small. "For example, the register of companies that must provide information includes Okko, Wink, Ivi, Netflix, Amediateka, Kinopoisk, Facebook*, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram*, etc. On the other hand, it depends on how the fines are calculated: information about users must be provided by the resource twice a day. Will each failure to provide information or a refusal to provide it in principle be considered an offense? If a fine is calculated for each failure to provide information, the total fine could be gigantic. The second point is whether companies such as Facebook, Twitter, TikTok, Instagram will pay fines, and how can the state collect fines from them if these companies do not have Russian representative offices?" Ekaterina Tokareva reasons.

* Facebook, Instagram are extremist organizations banned in the Russian Federation.