Russia fines Google 3 million roubles for not deleting banned content


FILE PHOTO The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan New York City New York U.S. November 17 2021. REUTERSAndrew KellyFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: The logo for Google LLC is seen at their office in Manhattan, New York City, New York, U.S., November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Moscow court fined Alphabet Inc.'s Google 3 million roubles ($40,400) on Monday for not deleting content that it deemed illegal, part of a wider dispute between Russia and the U.S. tech giant.

Russia in October threatened to fine Google a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete banned content on its search engine and YouTube, in Moscow's strongest move yet to rein in foreign tech firms.

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