Spotify Suspends All Its Services In Russia Indefinitely

In the last days of February, Russia announced that it had launched a military operation against Ukraine. After this decision that will go down in history, the crisis between the two countries became the only topic that the whole world talked about. Many companies led by technology giants condemned Russia’s move and offered their services in the country. stopping had made the decision.

One of the most popular music platforms in the world. Spotify was among the companies that imposed sanctions on Russia. As we have conveyed to you in the past weeks, the giant company has decided to close its office in Russia and block the contents of the Russian media. Now the news has shown that Spotify is heading towards new decisions regarding Russia.

Spotify has stopped all services in Russia

According to the official statements, Spotify has announced its services in Russia. stop completely took the decision. Citing the bloody occupation of the country on Ukraine for its previous decision, the company added that this new decision was taken due to the newly enacted laws and is indefinite. In the statements made, the following statements were used regarding the situation;

“Spotify continued to believe it would be okay to remain up and running in Russia for some time to provide reliable news and information in the region. Unfortunately recently enacted; abolish freedom of expression removing, restricting access to information and laws that criminalize certain types of news put the safety of Spotify employees and users at risk. For this reason, we have made a very difficult decision for us to completely suspend our services in Russia.”

This new decision has put the Swedish-based music platform among the companies that have completely stopped their services in the country within the scope of the sanctions against Russia. You can find all the companies that impose sanctions on Russia here.