Russia has fined the Telegram messaging app 35 million roubles ($432,366) for failing to remove banned content, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported on ⁠Monday.

Authorities have repeatedly accused Telegram, one of the most popular messaging apps in Russia, of allowing itself to be used as a platform ⁠for illegal and extremist content.

Telegram rejects the charge and has accused ⁠Russia of trying to throttle its services in order ⁠to force people to switch to ⁠a state-run app called MAX.

Source: Reuters