Google has been given 10 days to lodge an appeal against the penalty.
The company toldThe Vergeit will study the court documents when they are available and then decide on next steps.
Google and Meta could face more revenue-based fines if they dont remove the material, the court said.
In the past year, Russia has stepped up efforts to control what content is available online.
Previously, Russian courts had imposed smaller fines on Google, Facebook and Twitter.
It also accused them of failing to purge content related to drug abuse, weapons and explosives.
It warned that they may face more revenue-based fines for failure to delete the banned content.
source: www.techworm.net
