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Jack Raines

$2.5 decillion (yep, that’s a five and then 32 zeroes). That’s how much Russia has fined Google for allegedly blocking pro-Kremlin propaganda on YouTube, according to The Independent, itself citing a report from Russian state-run news site RBC.

The fine is the result of four years of accumulating fines, with the figure doubling each week, beginning with an original penalty of 100,000 rubles in 2020 when Russian media outlets Tsargrad and RIA FAN won (Russian) lawsuits against Google related to YouTube restrictions.

For what it’s worth, Google doesn’t seem too concerned about its Russia disputes, noting in its Q2 earnings report that “We do not believe these ongoing legal matters will have a material adverse effect.”

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