Roskomnadzor demanded that Tor Browser be removed from the Google Play app store

Roskomnadzor requires Google to remove Tor Browser from the app store. The Saratov District Court, according to the website of the supervisory authority, recognized the information contained in the Tor Browser as prohibited for distribution on the territory of the Russian Federation.

Also, it follows from the message of the RKN, the Saratov court decided to ban Tor itself, “a software application that allows access to prohibited content and contributes to the commission of criminal offenses.”

• In December 2021, a court imposed a negotiable (that is, revenue-based) fine on Google in the amount of 7.2 billion rubles for not removing prohibited content. In May, the bailiffs opened a case on the forced collection of a fine. Google's property in Russia was seized under lawsuits to block YouTube channels NTV and TNT.
• In mid-May, it was reported that the Russian legal entity Google was going to declare bankruptcy . At the same time, the company assured that it would continue to work for Russian users.