Youtube Google sign and logo near headquarters building in Silicon Valley, Mountain View, California. (Credit: MichaelVi/Adobe Stock) Google, Repped by King & Spalding, Countersues Russian Media Outlets Over Alleged U.S. Sanctions Violations
The suits were filed on Aug. 19 in the California Northern District Court against TV-Novosti, which operates the Russian government-funded TV network RT; media company NO Fond Pravoslavnogo Televideniya, which distributes a TV channel associated with the Russian Orthodox Church; and NAO Tsargrad Media, a TV station owned by Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, who was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in April 2022 with violating U.S. sanctions "arising from the 2014 Russian undermining of democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine."
August 28, 2024 at 10:17 AM
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What You Need to Know
- Google sued three Russian media companies after they ordered Russian court judgments against the Big Tech giant penalizing it for blocking their Google accounts and YouTube channels.
- Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2024, Google announced it was pausing the monetization of
- Google is represented in all three claims by King & Spalding.
Google, represented by King & Spalding, filed three breach-of-contract countersuits against Russian media outlets to enjoin them from enforcing a Russian court judgment to unblock their Google accounts and YouTube channels in violation of sanctions passed after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The suits were filed on Aug. 19 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against TV-Novosti, which operates the Russian government-funded TV network RT; media company NO Fond Pravoslavnogo Televideniya (NFPT), which distributes a TV channel associated with the Russian Orthodox Church; and NAO Tsargrad Media (Tsargrad), a TV station owned by Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev, who was charged by the U.S. Department of Justice in April 2022 with violating U.S. sanctions "arising from the 2014 Russian undermining of democratic processes and institutions in Ukraine."
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