So — what gives? There isn't much left of Google in Russia that the authorities could extract a fine from, and the prospect ...

In an unprecedented escalation in the ongoing feud between Russia and Western tech companies, a Russian court has reportedly slapped Google with an unfathomable fine: $20 decillion. Yes ...

A Russian court has fined Google two undecillion roubles - a two followed by 36 zeroes - for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube. In dollar terms that means the tech giant has been ...

it was expanded when YouTube banned further channels after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The court ordered Google to restore the accounts within nine months, with a fine of ...

Russia has fined Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000, many times more than the world’s entire GDP, for blocking its YouTube accounts. That figure ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blamed Alphabet's YouTube for slowing speeds on the video hosting platform in ...

Google Play will indefinitely halt processing payments to app developers with bank accounts in Russia starting Dec. 26, Habr, ...

Russian telecommunications watchdog Roskomnadzor has blocked the Viber encrypted messaging app, used by hundreds of millions worldwide, for violating the country's legislation.

So — what gives? There isn't much left of Google in Russia that the authorities could extract a fine from, and the prospect of other courts enforcing the ruling is essentially nil. But it does send a ...