Google fined in Russia for a record 30 billion rubles, a significant part of the funds recovered – Kommersant

Google was fined by Russian courts for a total of about 30 billion rubles, which is a record figure among Internet resources fined in Russia. The company has already paid off a significant portion of the debt. “Interfax” Head of the Federal Bailiff Service (FSSP) Dmitry Aristov.

“Google is the biggest debtor, which owes about 30 billion rubles, but we recovered a significant part of these funds,” Mr. Aristov said on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Legal Forum.

The head of the FSSP said that the impact of bailiffs on the company is limited, because it is in the process of bankruptcy. At the same time, he added that the company “did not remain without an answer.” “Everything that they had in the Russian Federation, and there was a lot, we took everything and gave it to the state,” Mr. Aristov emphasized.

In the past few years, the Russian “daughter” of Google was assigned several turnover fines in the amount of more than 29 billion rubles. Last time the company fined yesterday, May 11, for 3 million rubles. for not removing videos with LGBT propaganda and discrediting the army.

On June 16, 2022, the Russian subsidiary of Google filed for bankruptcy. A company representative said that one of the reasons was the requirements of creditors, which exceeded 19 billion rubles. (the company’s assets amount to about 3.5 billion rubles). At the end of 2022, the company’s revenue in Russia fell by 82%, to 24.2 billion rubles.

Erdni Kagaltynov