Enlarge / Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony at the Eternal Flame and the Unknown Soldier’s grave in Alexander Garden in Moscow, Russia, on February 23, 2023. (credit: Getty Images | Pavel Bednyakov)

A Russian court fined the Wikimedia Foundation 2 million rubles (about $27,000) today for failing to delete alleged “misinformation” about the Russian military from Wikipedia, Reuters reported. It’s the third fine Russia has issued against the Wikipedia owner since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago.

“Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine last year, Russia introduced sweeping new laws restricting what people can report about the conflict, fining or blocking websites that spread information at odds with the Kremlin’s official narrative. … The latest fine was imposed after the authorities accused Wikipedia of ‘spreading misinformation’ in articles about Russian military units,” Wikimedia Russia told Reuters.

In a statement provided to Ars, the Wikimedia Foundation said the new “fines were for not complying with takedown requests for well-sourced content related to five articles about the Russian military on Russian language Wikipedia.” Associate General Counsel Jacob Rogers also said, “These are part of several takedown orders and fines from Russian authorities we have continued to receive for failing to comply with similar requests. We have not taken down any content and already have two active appeals for fines on similar topics.”