The justice of Russia he complained to Google a fine of US$20,000 quintillion, which is equivalent to a figure that exceeds all the money that exists in the world. This is due to a legal dispute which has been there for four years and has YouTube as the main protagonist.
Said sum, written in full, would be u$s20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. This is how shocking is the precedent that a russian judge internationally.
The fine reached that level because it is accumulated on a daily basis. That is to say, the amount is increasing day by dayas determined by Russian justice.
According to Ivan Morozovpart of the Russian state agency TASS, Google owes the government of Vladimir Putin “more than 2 billion rubles in fines and this figure increases every day”
“The Russian court has summoned Google to take administrative responsibility under article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses for having removed channels from the YouTube platform. That is why the court ordered the company to restore these channels,” he explained.
Morozov also clarified that “the ruling establishes that if the company does not pay the fine within the next nine monthsthe amount will double daily, and will prevent Google from operating in Russian territory again“.
The legal conflict
The fine comes as a result of a legal dispute that began 4 years ago. At that time, YouTube blocked the Russian channel Tsargrad from its platform, responding to sanctions that the american government stipulated for its owner.
But later, that list grew and reached other YouTube users, leading to 17 Russian TV channels are suing the company for having removed its content from the platform.
For its part, the justice system of the country commanded by Putin imposed, at that time, a fine of US$1,025 per day, which was determined to be cumulative and doubles every week. Compound interest and accumulation is what led to this enormous figure today.
After the beginning of conflicts with Ukrainethe American company withdrew from Russia, as did other companies in the region. At the same time, it declared its Russian subsidiary bankrupt because Putin’s government confiscated his money.
Likewise, the Russian authorities imposed, from there, various fines for hundreds of millions of dollars for not deleting content that his government considered false and misinformative, as well as content in favor of the LGBT community.
Year of fines for Google
A high court of the European Union ruled two important victories for Brussels by ruling against the technology giants Apple and Google in September of this year. The sanctions of both companies together exceed the 15,000 million euros.
In the case of Google, the company faced a legal process where it was accused of going against the antitrust laws of the EU in reference to the dominant position of its search engine. On the other hand, Apple was penalized for back taxes to Ireland.
Finally, Google lost its last legal resort against a European Union sanction for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over its rivals in search results. In this way, the continent closed one of the main disputes antitrust.
The Court of Justice of the European Union ratified the decision of a lower court and dismissed the company’s appeal. The final sanction will be €2,400 (US$2.7 billion).
Source: Ambito
