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Google allegedly paid over two undecillion rubles (two plus thirty-six zeroes) in fines after removing pro-government and state-run accounts from YouTube.
To rephrase, an undecillion is one trillion multiplied by one trillion.
The fine exceeds the global gross domestic product (GDP), which the International Monetary Fund estimates to be $110 trillion.
Google, the owner of YouTube, is currently worth $2.16 trillion on the stock market, so they are unlikely to come up with the necessary funds very soon.
According to state news outlet Tass, the fine is still increasing as a result of non-payment and would start to double daily if not paid within nine months.
According to Russia’s RBC News, the staggering sum has increased as 17 Russian TV channels’ YouTube accounts have not been reinstated by Google.
“A case in which there are many, many zeros” was allegedly mentioned by a judge in the case during a hearing on October 28.
Claims that Google has a monopoly on internet searches could lead to the sale of the Chrome browser.
Reports indicate that Google’s return to the Russian market is contingent upon the company’s compliance with the court’s verdict.
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Following the blocking of Tsargrad TV station and RIA FAN accounts in 2020 as a result of US sanctions regulations, the complaint was initially filed in secret, according to RBC.
The situation became worse when YouTube banned accounts associated with news outlets like Sputnik and RT following the outbreak of war in Ukraine, prompting Russian officials to intervene.
