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Russia’s communications watchdog said on Thursday it was taking steps to punish Google, including a ban on advertising the platform and its information services, for violating Russian law.

The measures will apply to Google Search, the Google Play app store, YouTube, YouTube Music, Google Chat and Gmail.The measures will apply to Google Search, the Google Play app store, YouTube, YouTube Music, Google Chat and Gmail.

It said the measures against Google, owned by Alphabet Inc., which include a warning in search engines saying it is violating Russian law, would remain in place until it complied with legislation. Google, which stopped selling online advertising in Russia on March 3, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The Duma, Russia’s lower house of parliament, last month passed a law providing for up to 15 years’ jail for intentionally spreading “fake” news at variance with government accounts about the military.

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