April 10 (Reuters) - A Russian court said it had

rejected an appeal by Alphabet's Google against a 4.6

billion rouble ($49.4 million) fine, imposed for failing to

delete what Russia considers to be fake information about the

war in Ukraine.

Google had no immediate comment.

Russia has been at loggerheads with foreign technology

companies over content, censorship, data and local

representation in a simmering dispute that intensified after

Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

"The Moscow City Court left the Tagansky District Court's

decision ... unchanged, and the claimant's appeal without

satisfaction," the Moscow courts' press service said on Telegram

on Wednesday.

Russian news agencies have previously reported that the fine

was also imposed for Google's failure to remove extremist

content and the distribution of what Russia calls LGBT

propaganda.

Alphabet's YouTube has been a particular target of the

Russian state's ire but, unlike Twitter and Meta Platforms' ( META )

Facebook and Instagram, it has not been blocked.

The fine, announced in late December, was calculated as a

share of Google's annual turnover in Russia. The company was

handed similar turnover-based penalties of 7.2 billion roubles

in late 2021 and 21.1 billion roubles in August 2022. In both

cases its appeals were rejected.

($1 = 93.2200 roubles)