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TL;DR:
A Russian court has fined Google an astronomical $20 decillion for blocking Russian media on YouTube, a figure vastly exceeding global GDP. This case began in 2020 when YouTube banned the nationalist Tsargrad channel after US sanctions on its owner and escalated after Russia’s 2022 Ukraine invasion, leading 17 Russian channels to sue. The fine compounds weekly from an initial 100,000 rubles ($1,025) per day, and Google’s recent $88 billion quarterly revenue pales in comparison. Despite Russia’s attempts to seize Google’s global assets, Alphabet remains largely unaffected financially, considering these fines non-material to its business.
