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Vyacheslav Volodin, the head of the Duma,
said Washington was breaching "the rights of Russians" while foreign
ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said "YouTube has sealed its
fate".
"The United States wants to have a
monopoly on the diffusion of information," Volodin said on Telegram.
"We cannot allow that".
Google confirmed that it had
"terminated" Russia's State Duma YouTube channel due to recent US
sanctions.
"Google is committed to compliance
with all applicable sanctions and trade compliance laws," a Google
spokesperson told AFP in a statement.
"If we find that an account violates
our terms of service, we take appropriate action."
AFP journalists confirmed that the site was
inaccessible.
According to Moscow, Duma-TV has more than
145,000 subscribers. It airs clips of parliamentary debates and interviews of
Russian lawmakers.
On Thursday, Russia's state communications
watchdog said it would ban US internet giant Google from advertising its
services in the country, accusing YouTube of spreading "fake news"
about its military campaign in Ukraine.
Russia has moved to block access to
non-state media and information resources and fears are mounting that Google
could be next in line for a ban.
The watchdog said Google-owned YouTube had
committed "numerous violations" of Russian legislation and was
"one of the key platforms, distributing fake news about the course of the
special military operation in Ukraine, discrediting the armed forces of
Russia".
It said it had decided to "introduce
measures of coercion".
It said these included "a ban on
distribution of advertising for Google LLC and its information resources".