The American digital broadcasting platform “Netflix” announced the suspension of its services in Russia, due to the Russian military operation in Ukraine.
“Due to the current conditions on the ground, we have decided to suspend our service in Russia,” a spokesman for “Netflix” told CNBC on Sunday.
The move comes after Netflix said last week that it would not comply with Russia’s Veterina TV law, which requires audio-visual companies with more than 100,000 subscribers to broadcast 20 free state channels, including NTV and NTV. Spa”.
In Russia, Netflix has nearly one million subscribers, making it one of the company’s smallest markets, according to CNBC.
That same week, Netflix announced that it had “paused” all future projects it was planning to implement in Russia, including 4 original productions, including a drama adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina.
Russia began the military operation aimed at disarming the Ukrainian regime and ridding Ukraine of Nazism on February 24 in response to the request of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, which requested Russia’s help to end the attacks of the forces of the Ukrainian regime on them.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, addressing the Russian people, said that the conditions required immediate decisive action. He appealed to the Ukrainian military not to carry out the criminal orders issued by the regime in Ukraine, to lay down weapons and go to their homes.
The Russian Defense Ministry later said that Russian forces are not striking Ukrainian cities and are using high-precision weapons against specific military facilities.