The court suspended the bankruptcy proceedings of the Russian “daughter” of Google

The Ninth Arbitration Court of Appeal suspended the introduction of supervision as part of the bankruptcy proceedings of Google’s Russian subsidiary, Google LLC. The decision was made on the basis of a petition from Roskomnadzor. The agency stated that it is necessary to postpone the bankruptcy procedure, since the consideration of the complaint by the RKN is scheduled for November 21.

Also, according to the court ruling cited by RIA Novosti, the approval of the interim Google manager Denis Poliychuk, a member of the Vozrozhdeniye union of arbitration managers, has been suspended.

The Russian subsidiary of Google filed for bankruptcy on June 16. The representative of the company noted that one of the reasons for such a decision was the claims of the company’s creditors, which exceeded 19 billion rubles. (the company’s assets amount to about 3.5 billion rubles). September 12 court acknowledged substantiated Google’s bankruptcy filing, put the company under surveillance, and approved an interim manager. The bankruptcy hearing is scheduled for March 13.

The company’s debt for wages and severance pay is 271.2 million rubles, for mandatory payments – 85.7 million rubles. According to a company representative Forbesthe arrest of a bank account after the Tsargrad channel complained about the blocking of its YouTube channel complicated the functioning of the Russian office, including the payment of wages.

In 2021, the court imposed a turnover fine on Google in the amount of 7.2 billion rubles. for repeated failure to remove content prohibited in Russia. In July 2022, a turnover fine of RUB 21.7 billion was imposed on the company. for refusing to remove inaccurate information about the special operation from YouTube.

Lusine Balasyan