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Russia fines Google more money than there is in entire world

The mind-boggling figure has been levied due to the company restricting Russian state media on YouTube.

In fact, it is far greater than the world’s total GDP, which is estimated by the International Monetary Fund to be $110 trillion. According to Tass, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted he "cannot even pronounce this number" but urged "Google management to pay attention." Then, in July, 2022, Russia fined Google 21.1bn rouble(£301m) for failing to restrict access to what it called "prohibited" material about the war in Ukraine and other content.

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