A Moscow court on Monday fined Alphabet Inc.'s Google 2 million roubles (USD 28,085) for not deleting content that Russia deems illegal, part of a wider dispute between Moscow and the US tech giant.

Russia has threatened to fine Google a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete banned content on its search engine and YouTube, in Moscow's strongest move yet to rein in foreign tech firms.

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Google, which last month said it had paid more than 32 million in fines, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

First Published:Nov 8, 2021 7:49 PM IST