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On Tuesday, Russia's anti-monopoly watchdog announced that Alphabet's Google has been fined 4 billion roubles ($47 million) by a Russian court. This is due to Google's failure to pay a previous fine for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the video hosting market.In February 2022, Google received a fine of 2 billion roubles due to the non-transparent, biased, and unpredictable approach of its subsidiary, YouTube, in suspending and blocking users' accounts and content. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) made…

Russia's competition watchdog fined Alphabet's Google 2 billion roubles ($34.2 million) for abusing its dominant position in the video hosting market, the regulator said in a statement. The decision is the latest multi-million dollar fine as part of Moscow's increasingly assertive campaign against foreign tech companies. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) said the company had "abused its dominant position in the YouTube video hosting services market," without providing additional details. "We will study the text of…