By mid-February 2025, Google's debt to Russian TV channels had reached a colossal 2,8 duodecillion rubles (one followed by 39 zeros). This amount significantly exceeds all global financial assets and continues to grow rapidly.

The problem arose in 2020, when Google blocked the accounts of a number of Russian media outlets on the YouTube platform, including channels such as Tsargrad and RIA FAN. In response, Russian TV channels filed a lawsuit against the company, demanding that access to their accounts be restored. In 2021, the court ordered Google to comply with this requirement, establishing that if the decision is not complied with within nine months from the date it comes into force, the company will be charged a daily fine of 100 thousand rubles, doubling every week with no limit on the total amount.

However, Google failed to comply with the court order, which led to an exponential increase in the amount of the fine. By October 2024, the debt reached 2 undecillion rubles (one with 36 zeros), which already exceeded the total global wealth, estimated at $477 trillion.

In 5000 ruble notes, the required amount exceeds the mass of the Earth by 80 million times, and the mass of the Sun by 2400 times. In addition, the amount laid out in a path of 5000 ruble notes would be longer than the entire visible Universe.

At a session of the Moscow Arbitration Court, representatives of Russian creditors and employees of the Russian division of Google asked to recognize the debt claims as registered, which would allow them to pay off the wage debts to employees first. The lawyers noted that "all the assets on planet Earth are not enough, even the Milky Way galaxy does not have the resources to pay off this amount."

The situation is complicated by the fact that in 2022, Google's Russian division declared bankruptcy and its bank accounts were frozen. Despite this, some of the company's free services continue to operate in Russia. The management of Alphabet, Google's parent company, mentions the ongoing legal proceedings in Russia in its quarterly reports, but does not believe that they will have a significant negative impact on the company's financial condition.