Kremlin Fines Google $20 Billion Trillion Trillion

CNN Business reports:

Russia is seeking an unfathomable sum of money from one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Google reportedly owes the Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles — a 2 followed by 36 zeroes — after refusing to pay fines that are now accruing for blocking pro-Russian channels on YouTube.

The virtually unpronounceable penalty amounts to $20 decillion — or around $20 billion trillion trillion. That dwarfs the size of the global economy.

Asked about the lawsuit during a call with reporters Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov [photo] admitted that he “can’t even pronounce this figure right” but said that the eye-watering sum was “filled with symbolism.”

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Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 – CNN https://t.co/LfhjsqXEuA

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