Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and former intelligence officer who has served as President of Russia since 2012, previously holding the position from 1999 until 2008. He was also the Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000 and again from 2008 to 2012.
Russia fines Google for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ content
Google has been fined three million rubles (£31,000) by Russia after it refused to remove content which the country said promoted same-sex relationships.
The penalty was also imposed for Google showing “false information” about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year. Russia’s strict anti-LGBTQ+ laws prohibit what it calls the “promotion of LGBT propaganda”.
Attempts to “promote” homosexuality in public, online or in media could result in heavy fines – dozens of which have been imposed on Western tech companies in the last year.
Russian prosecutors said Google refused to remove several videos posted to YouTube by a vlogger it had dubbed a so-called “foreign agent”, one of which included information about same-sex couples raising children together and St.
