Google faces second turnover fine in Russia over banned content

Alphabet’s Google may face a fine of 5–10 percent of its turnover in Russia for what the state communications regulator said was a repeated failure to delete banned content, including “misleading information” on YouTube about events in Ukraine.
This is the second fine based on a percentage of turnover that Google could face Russia. In May, Russian bailiffs seized more than 7.7 billion roubles ($143 million) from Google that it had been ordered to pay late last year, marking the first time Moscow had exacted a percentage of the company’s annual Russian turnover.
Google, whose Russian subsidiary last week submitted a declaration of bankruptcy, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.