The fine of 3.8 million rubles (around €40,000 or £33,000) was imposed by Tagansky District Court in Moscow on Monday, according to Russia’s state-owned TASS news agency.

Russian authorities said Google had failed to respond to its requests to remove a number of YouTube videos containing restricting information, including advice on how to surrender to Ukrainian forces.

The court has in recent years fined Google over various LGBT+ and allegedly anti-Russian videos on YouTube, the world’s largest video-sharing platform.

Google’s outstanding fines in Russia now total over two sextillion rubles – trillions of times more than the Earth’s GDP.