Google in Russia News

Kremlin Says Google Should Lift YouTube Block on Russian Broadcasters

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Alphabet’s Google should lift its block on Russian TV channels broadcasting on YouTube and said it hoped huge legal claims racking up against the U.S.-based company would jolt it into action. Google stopped serving …

YouTube Forced to Play a Game of Legal Whack-a-Mole With Russia

When YouTube blocked three Russian channels it said were controlled by sanctioned supporters of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the US video company thought any disputes would be resolved in courts in California and England. It couldn’t have been more …

Google Faces Heavy Fines in Russia After Court Rules in Favor of Putin Ally

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing potentially heavy fines in Russia after a court ruled it must unblock the YouTube account of a TV channel owned by a sanctioned ally of President Vladimir Putin. The Moscow Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeals …