MOSCOW, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Russia fined Alphabet's

Google and instant messaging platform Discord on

Monday for failing to delete or restrict access to information

online, the Moscow courts' press service said.

Russia has for several years ordered foreign technology

platforms to remove content it deems illegal, issuing small, but

persistent fines when it sees failures to comply.

Moscow's Tagansky district court fined both Google and

Discord 3.5 million roubles ($37,674.92) each, the courts said.

Google was fined for not removing content Russia deems illegal,

while Discord was penalised for failing to restrict access to

banned information.

Google and Discord did not immediately respond to requests

for comment.

Google has been under particular pressure in Russia, both

for content and for blocking the YouTube channels of Russian

media and public figures since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

($1 = 92.9000 roubles)