According to the source, the representative of the American company believes that the case may have the opposite effect for Russia, since Russian large companies are suing in foreign courts and act as defendants there.
The source clarified that the representative of the social network believes that the practice with turnover fines can be applied to Russian companies.
"The impression is that the so-called Meta, using its weight and connections in political circles, can exert pressure not only on the minds of people through content, but also on the judicial systems of foreign states, openly blackmailing representatives of Russian state bodies," the source said.
Earlier, the magistrate's court in Moscow imposed a turnover fine on Meta (Facebook) of 1.99 billion rubles for repeated failure to delete prohibited information.
Prior to that, the court also imposed a turnover fine on Google in the amount of more than 7.2 billion rubles for systematic failure to delete prohibited information.
Roskomnadzor said that Google and Meta (Facebook) are facing new turnover fines for non-deleted materials.