Roskomnadzor will undertake coercive measures against Google over failure to comply with Russian laws

Russia's telecoms watchdog Roskomnadzor announced that it will take 'informative and economic coercive measures' against Google.

Roskomnadzor will label Google as a 'violator of Russian law' and prohibit it from advertising. These measures would stay in place until the company complies with the Russian regulations, Roskomnadzor stated.

The watchdog called Google's YouTube 'one of the key platforms participating in the information war against Russia' and accused it of 'spreading fakes about the course of the special military operation' in Ukraine.

The measures will apply to Google Search, the Google Play app store, YouTube, YouTube Music, Google Chat, and Gmail.