Russia fines Google 3 million roubles for not deleting banned content

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MOSCOW, Nov 29 (Reuters) – A Moscow court fined Alphabet Inc.’s (GOOGL.O) Google 3 million roubles ($400,386) on Monday for not deleting content that it deemed illegal, part of a wider dispute between Russia and the U.S. tech giant.

Russia in October threatened to fine Google a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete banned content on its search…