Amazon will no longer accept new customers for its Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing offering from Russia and Belarus.
The company broke the news on its "Support for Amazon in Ukraine" blog, where it noted that in addition to effectively banning Russians and Belarusians from AWS, it also stopped accepting new Amazon third-party sellers.
Additionally, customers based in Russia can no longer access the company's Prime Video, while orders for New World, "the only video game we sell directly in Russia," have been suspended indefinitely.
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Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, companies - and especially technology service providers - have pulled out of the country, partly out of conviction and partly because of painful sanctions imposed by the West.
Amazon is just the next in a long line of tech companies no longer doing business in Russia, including IBM, Coinbase, Microsoft, PayPal, but also other big brands including Visa, MasterCard, Coca Cola and more.
In addition to technology companies, cybercriminals and hackers fought the invasion in the only possible way: by removing and taking control of the digital tools and services that are still available in Russia.
The popular hacktivist group Anonymous has used its skills to spread news and videos from Ukraine on Russian services similar to Netflix. The group recently announced on Twitter that it was broadcasting news from Ukraine on Russian TV channels.
“The Anonymous hacker collective hacked into Russian streaming services Wink and Ivi (such as Netflix) and live TV channels Russia 24, Channel One, Moscow 24 to broadcast war footage from Ukraine,” the message reads.