Various technology companies, including Google, rushed to help Ukraine against Russia in the now five-month-long war. He helped the attacked country, for example, by limiting the data in the Maps application to prevent the disclosure of locations, or by closing Russian channels YouTube, to stop the Kremlin's propaganda efforts. Now pro-Russian forces have announced that they want to block Google in the regions they control.
As the website of the British newspaper points out The Guardian, Denis Pushilin, who heads Donbas's self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, has announced a plan to ban Google's search engine, saying the company is involved in promoting "terrorism and violence" against Russians. The ban should also apply to another self-proclaimed pro-Russian entity in the east of the country, the Luhansk People's Republic. According to Pushilin, Google acts at the behest of the US government and advocates acts of violence against Russians and the people of Donbass. Pro-Russian forces in the region intend to block Google until the tech giant "stops pursuing its criminal policies and returns to normal law, morality and common sense."
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This ban is not the only one Russia has imposed against American tech giants. Already a few days after the start of the invasion, he was blocked in the country Facebook or Instagram, while in the mentioned pseudo-republics it happened a few months later.
