The service is still available to users from the Russian Federation.
Spotify streaming service has closed its office in Russia “indefinitely”. The decision was made in connection with the war unleashed in Ukraine by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Variety reports.
However, the service still remains available to users from Russia.
“We consider it essential to try to keep our service in Russia operational to ensure a global flow of information,” a Spotify spokesman said.
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The service also limited the ability to detect Russian state media on its platform. In addition, Spotify has removed all content related to propaganda RT and Sputnik.
“We are deeply shocked and saddened by the baseless attack on Ukraine. Our top priority last week was the safety of our employees and ensuring that Spotify continues to be an important source of global and regional news at a time when access to information is more important than ever, ”said a service spokesman.
Earlier, the blocking of RT and Sputnik in Europe was announced by Google, access to them was limited by Meta , which owns the social networks Instagram and Facebook. The broadcasting service Netflix also refused to broadcast 20 Russian propaganda channels.
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