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Duma approves overhaul of Russian sports betting laws 

SBC News Duma approves overhaul of Russian sports betting laws 

Ongoing Russian developments have seen the state Duma accept the second and third readings of Bill 647044-7, significantly modifying Russia’s existing sports betting laws.   Originally presented to the Duma on 30 April, Bill 647044-7 has amended ‘federal regulations on activities for the regulation and conduct of gambling’. Within its mandate, the bill will allow the Kremlin to implement ‘limits on …

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Roskomnadzor demands Russian search engines delist & deny ‘unlicensed’ bookmakers

SBC News Roskomnadzor demands Russian search engines delist & deny 'unlicensed' bookmakers

The Russian government continues to enforce stringent measures in order to block its national consumers from accessing unlicensed international betting operator services. Last week, the government authorised media regulator Roskomnadzor to demand all leading Russian search engines including Yandex, Mail.ru, Ultika and Sputnik to delist and deny access to remote operators deemed to be ‘blacklisted’.   At present, it remains …

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Roskomnadzor Russia penalises payment providers QIWI and Skrill

SBC News Roskomnadzor Russia penalises payment providers QIWI and Skrill

Online payment providers QIWI and Skrill (Paysafe Group), have become the latest firms to be penalised by Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor. Last week, the payment providers were served notices by Roskomnadzor stating that they had breached Russian gambling laws relating to facilitating online gaming payments and that their services contained links to unlicensed betting operators. Roskomnadzor has given both payment …

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Russia Roskomnadzor gets tough on affiliates and sports media portals

SBC News Russia Roskomnadzor gets tough on affiliates and sports media portals

Russian media regulator Roskomnadzor has been urged to toughen its efforts in curbing national consumers access to unlicensed online gambling operators. Following the orders of the Russian government, Roskomnadzor has been told to step up its restrictions by widening its IP-restrictions and website monitoring to include Russian language affiliates and sports betting portals. Russian news sources report that Roskomnadzor has …

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