Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly
SUBMISSION TO A RUSSIAN COURT
Adrian Briggs*
Google v Tsargrad
The matter which came before the Commercial Court in Google LLC v NAO Tsargrad Media
1 really did merit the description of a “big money” case. Three Russian entities had contracted with Google2 for the provision by the latter of services on the broadcasting
* KC; Emeritus Professor of Private International Law, University of Oxford.
1. [2025] EWHC 94 (Comm) (“Google”).
2. In fact, Google Ireland. But for present purposes, nothing turns on the identity of the particular Google company (Google Ireland, Google Russia, Google LLC) involved.
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