Google fined $2.5 decillion for not unblocking pro-Russia YouTube channels. 1 decillion has 36 zeros

Google has racked up about $2.5 decillion in fines in Russia after years of refusing to restore the YouTube channels of pro-Kremlin and state-run media outlets, Russian media reported on Tuesday, citing anonymous sources familiar with court rulings against the tech giant.

YouTube, owned by Google, had blocked several Russian state-run media outlets over their support of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Authorities in Moscow retaliated with fines but stopped short of blocking the website, The Moscow Times reported.

According to Russian media house RBC, after the pro-government media outlets Tsargrad and RIA FAN won lawsuits against the company for blocking their YouTube channels, Google began to accumulate daily penalties of 100,000 rubles (about $1,000) in 2020. The fines have doubled each week amounting to the current overall fine of around 2 undecillion rubles.

"Undecillion is a number equal to 1 followed by 36 zeros. Google, whose parent company Alphabet reported a revenue of more than $307 billion in 2023, is unlikely to ever pay the incredibly high fine," The Moscow Times reported.