Russia is demanding $20 quintillion (2 followed by 34 zeros) from Google. This is a total of complaints from 17 pro-Kremlin TV channels for blocking YouTube accounts. Major American companies have imposed restrictions on broadcasters for distributing propaganda content.
Seventeen Russian TV stations are demanding 26 billion rubles (2 followed by 36 zeros), or $20 quintillion, from Google. For example, the number 20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.
A Russian court has ordered Google to restore access to the YouTube platform for propaganda channels. Starting in 2020, fines have been increasing day by day, and in one hearing, a judge said he was considering “cases with a lot of zeros,” RBC Ukraine reported.
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Things blocked by Google include: Channel One, Zvezda or the YouTube channel of propagandist Margarita Simondjian.
Russia punished Google. they ask for exorbitant amounts of money
RBC Ukraine reported that if the Russian court's ruling is not implemented within nine months, a fine of 100,000 rubles (just over $1,000) per day will be imposed. This amount will double each week until the judgment is satisfied and there is no aggregate limit.
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The media predicts that if things continue as they are, Google will be fined $1.00 in just over four years. This number is:
10 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000.
Google has not yet responded to Russia's request. Moscow has restricted YouTube's functionality in the country in an effort to control citizens' access to information.
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