Russia Orders Google to Pay $1.2 Quintillion—A Fine One Million Times Bigger Than the World Economy

Russia’s Supreme Court has upheld a ruling ordering Google to pay an extraordinary 91.5 quintillion rubles (about $1.2 quintillion)—a figure roughly one million times larger than the global gross domestic product, according to court materials, The Moscow Times reported on February 18.

Judge Sergei Samuylov found no grounds to reconsider the cassation appeal filed by the US-based Google International LLC, effectively affirming earlier decisions issued by lower courts.

The Moscow Arbitration Court set the final penalty of 91.5 quintillion rubles ($1.2 quintillion) in spring 2025. For comparison, the World Bank estimates total global GDP at roughly $100 trillion, making the court-ordered sum vastly larger than the value of the entire world economy.

The legal dispute dates back to 2020, when pro-Kremlin media outlets Tsargrad and RIA FAN sued Google entities—including Google LLC,…