Google fails to reach agreement with Russian TV channel over YouTube blocking lawsuit

Alphabet’s Google failed to reach a settlement with a TV channel it has blocked that is owned by a sanctioned ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Tsargrad channel said in a statement Monday.

Tsargrad accused Google of delaying substantive negotiations, according to the statement. Google didn’t immediately comment.

Last month, a Moscow court of appeals paused a hearing until Monday to allow settlement talks over the case, in which a lower court ordered the U.S. technology giant’s YouTube to unblock the Tsargrad account or face escalating fines. The next hearing will be delayed until Sept. 20, a representative for the station said Monday.