According to TASS news agency on October 6, the Tagansky district court in Moscow fined Google and the messaging app Telegram 3.8 million rubles each (approximately $44,743), totaling 7.6 million rubles, for failing to remove content banned in Russia.
The court determined that Google had committed an administrative violation under Article 13.41, Section 2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation, which stipulates that the owner of a website or online information source must remove prohibited content.
This is not the first time Google has been fined by the Tagansky District Court. Previously, the company has been fined multiple times in connection with YouTube videos that Russian authorities deemed to promote non-traditional sexual relationships and discredit the Russian armed forces.
The Tagansky District Court also fined Telegram 3.8 million rubles for three instances of posting information prohibited in Russia.
According to TASS, Telegram was found to have violated the same provision in Russia's Code of Administrative Offenses, relating to the failure to remove prohibited information or websites.
The new fine brings Telegram's total outstanding fines for violating Russian law to more than 38 million rubles (approximately $447,427).
Google is also facing a huge debt in Russia due to unpaid administrative fines.
According to TASS, the total amount Google owes the Russian Federation due to past administrative violations has reached 2 undecillion rubles, equivalent to approximately 23.5 trillion USD. This amount continues to increase daily due to late payment penalties.
Whether Google can return to the Russian market in the future depends on the company's full compliance with the country's court rulings.
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