Microsoft suspends sales of products and services in Russia

Microsoft joins other tech giants that have taken steps to isolate Russia, such as Google, Apple, and Airbnb.| Photo: Justin Lane/EFE.

Microsoft announced on Friday (4) the suspension of sales of its products and services in Russia, as well as other “aspects” of business in the country, in retaliation for the invasion against Ukraine ordered by President Vladimir Putin. The president of the American company, Brad Smith, said on the corporate blog that the Microsoft team “condemns” the Russian invasion of Ukraine and is coordinating with the US, the European Union and the UK to comply with the sanctions imposed on Moscow.

The official commented that Microsoft remains focused on protecting Ukraine’s cybersecurity and works “proactively” to help its employees defend against Russian cyber incursions, including a “recent cyberattack against a major Ukrainian television station”.

Microsoft joins other tech giants that have taken steps to isolate Russia, such as Google, which told The New York Times that it will suspend its advertising business in the country after previously suspending ads on Russian-produced content. state media outlets.

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Google claimed that the Russian regulator was demanding that it stop publishing ads for what it considers to be false information about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which created “extraordinary circumstances” to suspend all advertising business. This week, Apple decided to suspend sales of its products in Russia, and the rental platform Airbnb suspended all operations in Russia and Belarus.


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