Russia fines Google more than the world's entire gross domestic product for blocking YouTube accounts World News

Google has reportedly fined more than two billion rubles (two followed by 36 zeros) after removing government and government-affiliated accounts from YouTube.

In other words, an undecillion is a trillion times a trillion times a trillion.

The penalty is far greater than the entire world's GDP, estimated by the International Monetary Fund at $110 trillion.

Google – which owns YouTube – has a current market value of $2.16 trillion, so it's unlikely to raise that much money any time soon.

The fine also continues to increase due to non-payment and will double every day if it is not paid within nine months. reported the state news agency Tass.

The incredible amount has increased because Google did not restore the YouTube accounts of 17 Russian TV channels. according to Russia's RBC News.

It is alleged that a judge in the case said at a hearing on October 28 that he was considering “a case where there are lots and lots of zeros.”

According to reports, Google can only return to the Russian market if it complies with the court decision.

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The case was first filed privately in 2020 after the accounts of the Tsargrad TV channel and RIA FAN were blocked due to US sanctions laws, RBC reported.

After the start of the Ukraine war, the situation escalated when YouTube blocked accounts of companies like Sputnik and RT and the Russian authorities intervened.