Russia

Music streaming giant Spotify paid subscription service would no longer be available in Russia, as sanctions made processing payments in country impossible.

Russia’s crackdown on Instagram and Facebook will produce a billion-dollar hit on their parent company’s revenue, an unexpected loss that will compound.

Walkie-talkie communication app Zello banned by Russian officials, for spreading false information about the invasion of Ukraine.

Following Russia invasion of Ukraine, chip-maker AMD is suspending its sales and distribution of its products into Russia and Belarus.

Swedish music streaming giant Spotify has shut down its office in Russia and removed content from state-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik.

Snap Inc., which owns Snapchat said it has stopped all advertising running in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine in wake of Russia invading Ukraine.

US government and European Union imposed economic sanctions on the country – which include apple Pay, Google Pay, and other digital wallets.

Russia card payment system Mir, which was set up in 2015 after the West imposed sanctions on Moscow, is now connected to Apple Pay

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has announced that it’s planning to send a nuclear-powered “space tug” as far as Jupiter in 2030.

Google lodged appeal against a Moscow court order obliging it to unblock the YouTube account of a Russian businessman.