Amazon stops shipping to Russian buyers

Under the influence of the Russia-Ukraine war, many large companies stopped selling services and products in Russia, including Amazon, Microsoft, Google, etc.

According to foreign media reports, Amazon is taking more measures to stop its business in Russia. On Tuesday, Amazon said it would suspend shipping retail products to customers in Russia and Belarus and stop accepting new third-party sellers in these countries .

It is understood that Amazon does not have a dedicated online store for Russian users, but the suspension of shipping retail products to customers in Russia and Belarus will have a significant impact on sellers in this market.

Amazon also suspended access to Prime Video for Russian users and stopped accepting orders from Russian customers for the video game New World, the only video game Amazon sells directly in Russia.

Prime Video is Amazon's streaming video service, which now covers more than 200 countries and regions in the world , surpassing its main competitor Netflix . It is understood that in the early stage of Prime Video service promotion , Amazon provided users with a 7-day free trial and a half-year discount period , and reduced the monthly fee from US$5.99 to US$2.99.

In addition to the above businesses, Amazon has also stopped accepting new cloud customers in Russia and Belarus, but the company said they have not completely cut off cloud services in these countries and existing customers will not be affected. According to foreign media reports, the changes in Amazon AWS registration policy will take effect over the weekend.

In response, Amazon said last week that unlike other US technology providers, Amazon AWS has no data centers, infrastructure or offices in Russia, and they have no long-term policy of doing business with the Russian government.

Cloud industry executives and analysts said in interviews with relevant media that this move by major cloud providers will have a serious impact on Russian companies and pose more challenges to the country's technical means.

At present, not only technology companies such as Amazon and Microsoft, but also giants in industries such as logistics and catering have successively suspended their related businesses in Russia .

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