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Channel One sued Google

On Friday, the Moscow Arbitration Court registered a lawsuit filed by Channel One against three Google structures – the parent

American Google LLC, Irish GoogleIreland Limited and Russia's Google LLC, RIA Novosti reports. This is confirmed by the information in the file of arbitration cases, which is posted on the website of the court. The subject and grounds for the claims have not yet been specified in the court materials, but judging by the composition of the defendants, it can be assumed that the claim claims to restore Channel One's access to its YouTube channel, which was blocked in March, like many channels of other Russian media, the agency notes.

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