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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.

According to Tass, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov admitted he "cannot even pronounce this number" but urged "Google management to pay attention." In 2022, Google’s local subsidiary was declared bankrupt and the company has stopped offering its commercial services in Russia, such as advertising. 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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