Russia fined several foreign tech firms for the same offense, part of a wider campaign by the Kremlin to throttle the influence and reach of Western technology companies in Russia, according to critics.
Two cases against Amazon had been brought up by a Moscow court, both of which were alleged to have been related to a violation of the procedure of restricting access to information in accordance with Russian legislation.
The court quoted Amazon as saying that it faces a fine of up to 12 million roubles in the form of a fine.
Amazon didn't respond immediately to an emailed request for comment.
The content that had fallen foul of Russian law was not specified by the TASS.
On Tuesday, Moscow's Tagansky District Court fined Amazon's streaming service Twitch 4 million roubles for hosting a video interview with a Ukrainian political figure that Moscow said contained fake information.