Stop Doing
Business with Russia
Russia initiated aggression against Ukraine in 2014. On February 24, 2022, it started a full-scale military invasion to the Ukrainian territory. This brutal war and military crimes of Russian troops caused a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine with thousands civilians killed and millions becoming refuges. As a reaction to this act of aggression, many international companies decided to leave the Russian market, while some others continue doing business there as usual. We track such decisions of companies and urge them to stop funding the war.
Hold off investments: company postponing future planned investment/development/marketing while continuing substantive business
Pausing InvestmentsReducing Activities: company scaling back some business operations while continuing others
Scaling BackPause operations: company temporarily curtailing operations while keeping return options open
SuspensionClean Break: the company completely halting Russian engagements or exiting Russia
WithdrawalExit Completed: company sold its business/assets or its part of the business to a local partner and leaved the market or liquidated local entity(ies)
Exit Completed
Closed office and suspend service. The Spotify streaming service completely stopped working in the Russian Federation on April 11, 2022 - this means that it will no longer be possible to use the services on the website and in the application. According to the "Spark" system, on February 6, 2023, the service sent an application for state registration due to its liquidation. The court fined Airbnb, UPS and Spotify for refusing to localize the data of Russians. The legal entity of the Swedish streaming music service Spotify in Russia has ceased operations. According to the Unified State Register of Legal Entities, Spotify LLC has been liquidated since December 14, 2023.