Not available. Access to Netflix has been blocked for Russian users. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP
Russian subscribers lost access to the giant of ‘streaming’ Netflix, the latest Western company to withdraw from Russia due to the conflict in Ukraine.
the netflix site not available starting Fridayand a company spokesperson confirmed that the subscribers no more access service.
“This is the culmination of the withdrawal from the Russian market” announced in March, the spokesman said.
The Netflix site has not been available since Friday. Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev / AFP
The American giant announced in early March its withdrawal from Russia, after sending troops to Ukraine.
The spokesperson explained that the company you waited until the end of the billing period to make the termination of service to its customers effective.
Small presence in Russia
Netflix is the world leader in streaming platforms, included 221.8 million subscribers by the end of 2021, despite its presence in Russia it is scarce.
Netflix’s presence in Russia is hard to come by. Photo: Olivier Douliery / AFP
The company said in a letter in April to its shareholders that it would lose about 700,000 subscribers after its withdrawal from Russia, associated with this situation the company’s first global decline in subscribers in a decade.
Netflix is among the Western companies that have announced the suspension of their activities in Russia as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.
Other companies
In this way many have joined Netflix other foreign companies who announced the suspension of their activities or the total withdrawal of Russia since it launched an offensive against Ukraine.
Following the invasion of Ukraine ten days ago, from US -based tech firms like Intel and Airbnb to French luxury giants like LVMH, Hermes and Chanel have suspended their business in Russia.
dataHollywood left Russia. Companies such as Disney, Pixar, Paramount, Warner and Sony suspended film releases and closed offices. The diaspora of companies in Moscow includes Apple and is increasingly resorting to official interventions in networks to impose a nationalist propaganda discourse.
TikTok also
Also in March, TikTok indicated that users of its platform were in Russia has been blocked from posting and watching shared videos from the rest of the world.
“In light of the new law against‘ fake news ’implemented by Russia, we have no choice We need to suspend the placement of content and live streaming while we assess the implications of this law, ” the company said in a statement on Twitter.
Credit cards
American Express has suspended its operations in Russia and Belarus, a country allied to Moscow. Visa and Mastercard have also announced a similar move.
Bank cards of these three operators issued in Russia will no longer work abroadwhile those issued abroad will stop working in Russia.
The three companies have taken steps to prevent Russian banks from using their networks, in application of international sanctions decided after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Clarín newsroom with information from the AFP
Source: Clarin
