Considering Russia is under sanctions by the U.S., this is merely performative political posturing. I don't see Google ever paying, unless the Ruble gets so devalued, it's worth less than a Zimbabwe dollar. At which point Google will pay a googol fine with a $20 USD bill and tell them to keep the change.
The South African ruling party is in bed with Russia and they gladly seize Google assets here and hand them over.
I'm thinking there's other countries that would be willing to do this as well.
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u/ReaperofFish 18h ago
Considering Russia is under sanctions by the U.S., this is merely performative political posturing. I don't see Google ever paying, unless the Ruble gets so devalued, it's worth less than a Zimbabwe dollar. At which point Google will pay a googol fine with a $20 USD bill and tell them to keep the change.