Russia fines Meta Platforms 2 bln roubles

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MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) - A Russian court fined Meta Platforms almost 2 billion roubles ($27.16 million) on Friday for what it said was a repeated failure to delete content Russia deems illegal, the press service of Moscow courts said.

($1 = 73.6462 roubles)

Reporting by Maria Tsvetkova; Editing by Alison Williams

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