Google fined again by Russian court over alleged video hosting monopoly
Chris McGrath
Another month, another fine on Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by Russia.
Russia's anti-monopoly regulatory agency, the Federal Antimonopoly Service, said on Tuesday that a Russian court had fined the company $47M, or 4B roubles, after it failed to pay a previous fine of 2B roubles for alleged abuse by its YouTube segment.
Google initially appealed the 2B rouble fine, handed down by the FAS in 2022, after the agency alleged YouTube had a "non-transparent, biased and unpredictable" approach to "suspending and blocking users' accounts and content," Reuters reported, citing the TASS news agency.
TASS added that Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) has to pay the fine in 60 days.
Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) is no stranger to being fined in Russia, having incurred several penalties in recent memory.
The tech giant was fined 21.1B rubles, or roughly $275M, in July 2022 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.
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