MOSCOW, Nov 5 (Reuters) - A Moscow court on Tuesday

fined U.S. technology giant Apple ( AAPL ) 3.6 million roubles

($36,889) for refusing to remove two podcasts that contained

"information aimed at destabilising the political situation in

Russia", the RIA news agency reported.

Russia has fined several foreign companies for not removing

content in the past few years in what critics say is a campaign

by the Kremlin to restrict the influence of Western technology

companies, especially since Moscow sent its armed forces into

Ukraine in February 2022.

($1 = 97.5955 roubles)

(Reporting by Reuters

Writing by Alexander Marrow

Editing by David Goodman

)