Spotify is shutting down most of its activities in Russia in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In a statement to Variety, the company will discontinue its service in Russia indefinitely. “completely will suspend” told.
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; Laws that suppress freedom of expression, restrict access to information, and 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.
The company stopped access to its paid Premium service in early March, and state-sponsored Russian media outlets RT and SputnikRemoved its content from.
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.
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