Spotify Know-how SA is suspending its service in Russia, the corporate mentioned, refusing to adjust to current legal guidelines that require the audio streaming big to censor content material within the nation.
The Swedish firm earlier this month closed its Russian workplace and put restrictions on customers’ skill to search out exhibits put out by Russian state media. It additionally eliminated content material from Russia’s state-backed RT and Sputnik within the European Union and different markets, after the EU suspended their licenses. On the time, Spotify mentioned it was necessary to maintain its service operational in Russia to permit for the movement of knowledge.
