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Russian court fines Amazon’s Twitch $68,000 over refusal to delete content

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MOSCOW — A Russian court on Tuesday fined streaming service Twitch 4 million roubles ($68,000) for failing to remove an interview with a Ukrainian political figure, the Interfax news agency reported.

Russian authorities said the interview violated Russian laws on the spreading of fake information.

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Twitch, which is owned by Amazon, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

($1 = 59 roubles) (Reporting by Reuters; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)