Comment by iliaznk

Actually I don't think that Google makes any money from YT in Russia because they disabled ads for Russian users altogether about 2 years ago, and there's no easy way to pay for a premium subscription in Russia since SWIFT stopped working, unless there're other ways it can make money other than those two. And it's very good that they still keep working in Russia anyway, because it provides a platform for alternative views and opinions. As a Russian, I'm really glad we still have YT and surprised it hasn't been blocked.