Russia has been punitively impeding the speed of Twitter since March and warned other tech platforms, including YouTube, over failing to delete content it deems illegal. President Vladimir Putin accused social media companies of "monopolism" in a speech this year to the World Economic Forum. tech and social media giants have drawn the ire of the Russian state. The dispute with YouTube is one of a number of cases in which U.S. Russia considers such Western sanctions illegal. and EU sanctions in 2014 over accusations that he funded pro-Moscow separatists fighting in Ukraine, which he denies. In April, the Moscow Arbitration Court said Google must restore Tsargrad's account or face a daily 100,000 rouble ($1,358.29) fine, which would double each week that Google failed to comply. Google said at the time that it has a policy of suspending accounts found to violate sanctions or trade restriction rules. Tsargrad TV, which is owned by Konstantin Malofeev, says YouTube blocked its account in July 2020 without providing a reason.
MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) - Google's Russian arm said on Thursday it had lodged an appeal against a Moscow court order obliging it to unblock the YouTube account of a Christian Orthodox news channel owned by a Russian businessman who is under U.S.
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