In response to the military invasion of Ukraine and to comply with the economic sanctions decreed by the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, most of the Gafam have decided to suspend their commercial activities in Russia. Microsoft is the latest to make this decision, announcing to interrupt its sales of products and services. “ Like the rest of the world, we are horrified, outraged and saddened by the images and news coming from the war in Ukraine and condemn this unwarranted, unprovoked and illegal invasion of Russia », writing Brad Smith, President of Microsoft, in a post from blog published today.
Earlier today is Google which has announced that it will suspend all advertising activities for all of its services in Russia. Recall that the giant of theInternet also suspended Google Pay, restrict editing tools from Google Maps in Ukraine and Russia to prevent hijacking and blocked access from YouTube to RT and Sputnik television channels throughout Europe.
At the start of the week, it’s Apple which announced the suspension of the sale of all of its products in Russia. On the side of social networksMeta (Facebook), Twitter as well as Reddit have taken steps to ban or more tightly regulate posts linked to Russian state media. Intel and AMD have also announced that they will no longer ship chips to Russia and its ally Belarus. Among the Gafam, Amazon has not yet announced any measures regarding its commercial presence in Russia. On the other hand, the e-commerce giant said to make available to theUkraine its logistical and cybersecurity capabilities.
