Russia fines Google $20 decillion, more than all the money in the world
The Russian Federation imposes an astronomical fine on Google for removing the YouTube channels of several Russian media outlets.
While litigation is not uncommon for Google, one of the largest companies in the world, this lawsuit will undoubtedly go down in history. Russia is demanding that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, pay a highly unusual sum: $20 decillion. In other words, a two followed by thirty-one zeros. An amount greater than the money in the world. The Russian Federation claims that the tech giant has shut down the YouTube accounts of several of the country’s media outlets, a move it considers “unfair international sanctions.
The astronomical sum Russia is demanding from Google for shutting down media outlets’ YouTube channels
The Daily Mail broke the story. The Kremlin is taking what it sees as international sanctions by US companies very seriously and has announced a lawsuit against Alphabet, the parent company of Google and YouTube, demanding $20 decillion in compensation. The reason for this demand is that YouTube has blocked the channels of several Russian TV channels such as Russia 1 and digital media such as RT News. This has led Russia to demand a stratospheric compensation.
The most striking aspect of the news, of course, is the virtually incalculable amount the Russian Federation is demanding in compensation: $20 billion. In numbers, that would be 20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 dollars. A Russian judge has defined the case as “a case in which there are many, many zeros,” according to RBC. According to Google’s most recent financial filing, the company is valued at $88.2 billion, far less than what the Russian government is demanding.
The World Bank estimates that the global economy is about $100 trillion ($100,000,000,000,000,000,000). In other words: Russia would be asking Google for more than the world’s GDP, the amount of printed money currently available (estimated at $95,000,000,000,000,000,000), and the world’s gold reserves (estimated at $12,000,000,000,000,000). This is sheer nonsense. Given the magnitude of the demand, this lawsuit is not expected to be successful due to its surrealistic demands.
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