The arbitration court ordered the Russian representative office of Google to return access to the State Duma’s YouTube channel

The Moscow Arbitration Court upheld the claim of Duma TV against Google LLC for one billion rubles and ordered the company to restore access to the YouTube channel of the lower house of parliament. this with reference to State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin. reports Interfax

As the agency notes, if Google does not restore access to the channel, the company will be required to pay a penalty on a weekly basis. The amount for the first week is 100 thousand rubles, with each week the amount of the penalty will double until it reaches a billion rubles.

YouTube blocked the State Duma channel “Duma TV” with 145 thousand subscribers in April of this year. Then the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said: “Apparently, YouTube has signed its own death sentence. Save content and transfer it to Russian platforms. And quickly."