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"false information" on the offensive in Ukraine, "extremist and terrorist propaganda" and content "calling on minors to participate in
unauthorized demonstrations."The regulator said that as this was a repeat conviction for Google the fine was based on its annual revenue in
Russia.Russian authorities have been dialing up their pressure on Western social media firms in recent years with repeated fines and threats
in a bid to remove criticism from the internet, one of the last bastions of free speech in Russia.Like most of its Western rivals, Google
recently quit the Russian market to denounce Russia's military intervention in Ukraine.According to Vladimir Zykov, an expert cited by
Russian news agency RIA Novosti, the fine is the largest ever imposed on a Western tech firm by a Russian court.Russian authorities can
impose on Google "as many fines as they wish, they won't receive the money" as the firm has pulled out of the country, he added.Google had
no immediate comment concerning the fine.Roskomnadzor branded the activities of Google and YouTube with the "terrorist" label in March,
opening up the possibility they would be blocked in Russia, as have Twitter, Instagram and many independent media following the start of the
