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DanBC on Jan 3, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Belarus Makes Browsing Foreign Websites a Misdemea...

> is punished by fines of varied amounts, up to the equivalent of US$125. (Id.)

Fines suggest a criminal, not civil, offences. Damages would suggest a civil offence.

guard-of-terra on Jan 3, 2012 [–]

This terminological difference is irrelevant when talking about country which doesn't use English language and has its own history of law systems.

Call those damages if you like.

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