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Russia has fined Google more than all the world鈥檚 money

That鈥檚 $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000.

$20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. That鈥檚 how much a Russian court has fined Google for restricting Russian state media channels on YouTube. That鈥檚 two undecillion roubles - and far greater than the world鈥檚 total GDP, which is estimated by the International Monetary Fund to be $110 trillion.

Jen Monaghan, from 麻豆社 Monitoring, talks us through why Google has been hit with such a massive fine, and how it鈥檚 impossible to pay. And the 麻豆社鈥檚 Anastasia Golubeva shares how the internet and social media apps - including YouTube - are restricted in Russia, and the impact this has on young people there.

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