Google

Business in Russia

The actual status of Google is hard to evaluate, since its services still work in Russia, but without generating any revenue. Google reportedly shared sensitive user data with sanctioned Russian company. Sberbank-owned RuTarget may have had access to IP addresses, location information, online activity, and more. Bankruptcy of Google LLC was started on 28/09/2022. In April of this year, the Federal Service of Bailiffs of the Russian Federation withdrew all funds from the accounts of the Russian legal entity Google, they were transferred to the deposit account of the service as a security measure for legal proceedings, according to the report of Google LLC for 2022. Google reportedly shared sensitive user data with sanctioned Russian company. Sberbank-owned RuTarget may have had access to IP addresses, location information, online activity, and more. Google fined $164,000 for failing to store user data inside Russia. Russian court recovered 10 billion rubles from American Google in favor of its Russian subsidiary. Google has disconnected peering connections with a number of Russian traffic exchange points (IX) and data centers — information about them has disappeared from the international PeeringDB database, which Google uses as an official source of data on its network connectivity. In particular, MegaFon confirmed to Rusbase that Google has disconnected from its MegaFon-IX traffic exchange point. These changes may lead to a deterioration in the quality and speed of access to Google services in Russia, especially for users of small telecom operators that do not have direct connections to Google infrastructure. Google LLC won a court order preventing a Russian media company from compelling the tech giant to restore its Google account, after a Russian court ordered the company to do so.

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Decision date 19/10/2023 · Reference ↗

Google withdraws internship offers to foreign students in Russia, restriction of Google Pay for sanctioned banks, termination of advertising sales in Russia; а Moscow court accepted a bankruptcy application by Google's Russian subsidiary. Google has removed over 7,000 YouTube channels with links to China, Russia. The "Ъ" source in the Russian electronics market said that Google is increasingly refusing GMS (Google Mobile Services, which includes YouTube, Google Play, cards, etc.) licenses to domestic manufacturers of smartphones and tablets. According to him, as a result, vendors receive a Google license with the help of production sites that position "Russian" devices as international. Intel has officially joined Apple, which had previously refused to use metals from the Russian Federation in its devices. Google, which produces Pixel smartphones, and Microsoft, which produces game consoles, continue to use Russian tungsten, gold and tantalum in their gadgets. The United States has a ban on tantalum from the Russian Federation, but not a single company has been fined for such imports. Google began to massively block services for Russian companies. The Arbitration Court of Moscow has declared the Russian subsidiary of Google, LLC "Google," bankrupt, with debts totaling 53.6 billion Russian rubles. Google, Meta, Tiktok's debts removed from Russian state bailiffs' database. Russian TV channels' demands to Google reach ₽2 undecillion. A South African court has ordered the seizure of assets belonging to the American company Google International LLC within its jurisdiction. The decision was made to enforce the ruling of the Moscow Arbitration Court, which ordered the return of significant funds to the bankruptcy estate of Google's Russian subsidiary. The dispute arose during the liquidation of Google LLC, which was officially declared insolvent in Russia. Google has notified Russian providers that it plans to remove its equipment that has reached the end of its lifespan.

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1. 03/08/2026 — exited · Imported from KSE LeaveRussia

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