On December 11, Russia’s federal media censor fined Google for failing to comply with a law that requires online search engines to purge any hyperlinks to materials that are banned in Russia. Now the American tech giant is supposed to fork over 500,000 rubles ($7,530) — less than the maximum fine of 700,000 rubles (about $10,540). Sources inside Roskomnadzor confirmed to Meduza that Google is the only Internet search engine ever prosecuted for this administrative offense. Russia’s censor is now proposing a second fine, this time at the maximum amount, as well as new legislation that would allow the agency to block search engines that refuse to cooperate with the state authorities.