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Google Is Getting Pulled Into a Fight with Russia Over Rt and Sputnik


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Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt speaks during the AI forum of the "Future of Go" summit on May 24 at Wuzhen Internet International Conference and Exhibition Center in China's Zhejiang province.

Credit: Wu Hong/European Pressphoto Agency

The Russian telecom regulator said Tuesday that it will retaliate against Google if the search giant lowers the search ranking of the Kremlin-backed news outlets RT and Sputnik, escalating a tense back and forth over Russian news coverage that has entangled American news bureaus abroad and could lead Moscow to enact further censorship rules.

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