![]() ![]() ![]() The commerce giant notes in the email that it is “seeing increased online shopping” in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, and will focus on prioritizing the reception, restocking and delivery of the essential products that are most in demand from this new uptick in activity from Amazon shoppers. This suspension will allow Amazon to prioritize shipment of “household staples, medical supplies and other high-demand products” the company said in a support document on its website, and confirmed to TechCrunch in an email. Google also paused its ads sales in Russia.Amazon’s “Fulfillment by Amazon” (FBA) program, through which it provides warehousing and shipment services for products from third-party sellers, as well as its larger vendor shipment services, are being partially suspended through April 5 due to the global coronavirus outbreak. Google followed Apple’s lead and removed the apps of Russia Today (RT) and Sputnik from its mobile app store in the E.U. The hardware giant also pulled Sputnik and RT News from the App Store and disabled some Apple Pay services in the country. Last week, Apple confirmed that it halted product sales in Russia. Earlier this week, several companies, including PayPal, Mastercard, Visa and more, announced that they were suspending operations in the country. Netflix has also paused all future projects it had planned to produce in Russia.Īmazon is joining the growing number of companies suspending operations in Russia amid its attack on Ukraine. The move came after the company said last week it would not comply with a new Russian law that requires streaming companies to host 20 Russian propaganda channels. The announcement comes as Netflix said it’s suspending its service in Russia earlier this week. ![]() The company says it has been partnering closely with Ukrainian IT organizations to fend off attacks and is working with organizations in Ukraine to share real-time intelligence. Last week, Amazon announced that AWS has been working closely with Ukrainian customers and partners to keep their applications secure. technology providers, Amazon and AWS have no data centers, infrastructure, or offices in Russia, and we have a long-standing policy of not doing business with the Russian government,” the company said in the blog post. “Given the ongoing situation in Russia and Ukraine, we’ve taken additional actions in the region. In addition, the e-commerce giant will no longer be taking orders for “New World,” which is the only video game it sells directly in Russia. Amazon will also no longer be accepting new Russia and Belarus-based AWS customers and Amazon third-party sellers. In a blog post about the announcement, the company also noted that it has suspended the shipment of retail products to customers based in Russia and Belarus. Amazon is suspending access to Prime Video for customers based in Russia amid the country’s invasion of Ukraine. ![]()
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