The total amount of claims of 17 Russian TV channels to Google has reached 2 undecillion rubles, or $22.1 trillion, according to reporting by RBC. Undecillion is a unit with 36 zeros.
Dating to a 2020 decision to block YouTube accounts controlled by parties subject to the 2014 US sanctions, Google's troubles compounded when it blocked Sputnik, RT and other state controlled channels in February 2022.
Under the court's ruling, if Google did not restore the YouTube channels, it would incur penalties. Should the company fail to comply with the court's decision within nine months, it would face a daily fine of 100,000 rubles (approximately $1,100), which will double each week until the ruling is fulfilled. There is no cap on the total amount of the escalating fines.
Russia-registered Google LLC filed for bankruptcy in June of 2022, leading creditors to seek redress in courts in Turkey, Hungary, South Africa and other countries, with a June 2024 decision by the High Court of South Africa to grant a petition to sieze Google's assets in that country.
Google's parent company Alphabet reported in its report for the second quarter of 2024 that "Google has current legal issues related to Russia".
"For example, some of the disputes are related to the closure of accounts, including those who have been sanctioned. Also, progressive fines were imposed on the company in connection with disputes over the blocking of accounts, including accounts of sanctioned persons," the report said.
An undecillion is a number that is represented as 1 followed by 36 zeros in American English, and 1 followed by 66 zeros in British English. The word comes from the Latin words undecim (eleven) and -illion (as in million).
The name Google is a misspelling of the mathematical term "googol", which is a 1 followed by 100 zeros.
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