Google reportedly fined again by Russian court over propaganda, Ukraine war
Alex Wong
Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has reportedly been fined by a Russian court over what it called "LGBT propaganda" and "false information" about the war in Ukraine.
Citing Russian news agencies, Reuters reported that the tech giant was fined $38,600, or 3M roubles, for failure to delete YouTube videos on the two subject matters.
Mountain View, California-based Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) is no stranger to being fined in Russia, having incurred several penalties in recent memory.
In July 2022, the company was fined $34M for abusing its position in Russia's video hosting market. That same month, the tech giant was fined 21.1B rubles, or roughly $275M, by a Russian court for what it said was a repeated failure to remove content deemed illegal.
In 2021, Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) received a fine from Russia of more than 7B rubles - the equivalent of about $91.2M - for failing to delete illegal content.
Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) Russian subsidiary filed for bankruptcy in June 2022. 
Following the bankruptcy filing, Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) Russian subsidiary filed a lawsuit in October against state bailiffs in the country, after they seized money from the tech giant that it had been told to pay in late 2021.
Despite the bankruptcy filing, free Google services, such as Google Search, YouTube, Gmail, Maps, and Google Play remain accessible in Russia.
Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) shares were up nearly 5% on Thursday following investor optimism after its I/O developer conference.
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