![]() ![]() "On behalf of Oracle's 150,000 employees around the world and in support of both the elected government of Ukraine and for the people of Ukraine, Oracle Corporation has already suspended all operations in the Russian Federation," Oracle tweeted. Oracle's announcement of stopping business operation in Moscow was made on Twitter approximately three hours after the minister for digital transformation in Ukraine, Mykhhailo Fedorov, tweeted at the two companies requesting support to help pile more pressure on the Kremlins to stop the ongoing war in Ukraine. ![]() ![]() Oracle and SAP Suspends Operations in Russia in a Heightened Wave of Business Boycottīusiness tech giant Oracle, Wednesday, March 2, announced it had suspended all its business operations in Russia, with its fierce competitor SAP also saying it was pausing all its sales in the country following Russia's ongoing military assault in Ukraine. Those ad sales were also subsequently suspended when Google was forced to pause billing for its Play mobile app store in Russia and payment-based YouTube services - a development it blamed on Western sanctions on Russian banks.Īlphabet confirms Russia is restricting Google News if it were to be accused of bowing to a Kremlin censorship mandate, by selectively emphasizing an example that runs counter to Russian propaganda (videos featuring victim blaming of Ukrainians). Google may be hoping to appease Russia (and avoid a YouTube block) by limiting how ads can be targeted around the Ukraine war - while offsetting the risk of any critical blowback, i.e. That threat looked like a precursor to Russia blocking YouTube. Last week Roskomnadzor threatened Google - claiming that YouTube ads were being used to distribute “information attacks” which it said threatened Russian citizens, accusing the company of being engaged in acts “of a terrorist nature” by letting the platform be used in this way. ![]()
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