Comment on Russia imposes astronomical fine on Google over YouTube bans

Russia has hit Google with an astronomical fine for removing state-run and pro-government channels from its YouTube platform.  The figures involved are mammoth, said to be much greater than the overall global GDP, estimated at $110 trillion by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  The fine amounts to 2 undecillion rubles or $20 decillion, that is two and a half trillion trillion trillion dollars or $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 to put it into figures. Over the last four years, court action in Russia has resulted in the growth of the fine, which the country insists must be paid before the Alphabet-owned company can return to the market.  As reported by The Register, the catalyst for the ongoing legal saga was YouTube’s decision to switch off the Russian nationalist channel Tsagrad in 2020.