Russia fines Google more than entire world's GDP
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2,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 rubles fined to Russia
(Web Desk) - Google has reportedly racked up a fine of more than two undecillion rubles - two followed by 36 zeros - after it removed state-run and pro-government accounts from YouTube.
Put another way, an undecillion is a trillion times a trillion times a trillion.
The fine is far greater than the world's total GDP, estimated at $110 trillion by the International Monetary Fund.
Google - which owns YouTube - has a current stock market value of $2.16 trillion, so probably won't be stumping up the cash any time soon.
The fine is also still growing due to non-payment and, if not paid within nine months, will start to double every day, reported state news agency Tass.
The mind-boggling amount has grown because Google hasn't restored YouTube accounts belonging to 17 Russian TV channels, according to Russia's RBC News.
It claims a judge in the case said at a hearing on 28 October that he was considering "a case in which there are many, many zeros".
