Amazon announces suspension of product shipments to Russia & ban on access to Prime Video



Large companies such as

Apple , Microsoft , and Sony have announced the suspension of product shipments and services to Russia one after another against Russia, which continues to invade Ukraine. Amazon has also started donations and security support to Ukraine since March 2022, and on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, product shipments to Russia and Belarus will be suspended and access to prime video will be suspended. Was announced.

Amazon's assistance in Ukraine
https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/community/amazons-assistance-in-ukraine

Amazon issued a statement on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, entitled 'Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine,' to activists such as UNICEF and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to support Ukraine. Announced to donate 10,000 dollars (about 580 million yen). Since then, the statement has been updated multiple times, revealing that Amazon is implementing measures such as 'support for cyber attack defense against Ukraine' and 'prohibition of opening new Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts from Russia and Belarus'. It has become.

Amazon bans new AWS account creation in Russia and Belarus, major companies follow Apple and Microsoft to tighten sanctions-GIGAZINE



Amazon updated the above statement on Tuesday, March 8, 2022, and announced the following new responses.

-Suspension of retail product shipments to Russia and Belarus
・ Suspension of acceptance of third-party distributors from Russia and Belarus
-Prohibition of access to Prime Video from Russian users
・ Stop accepting orders for Amazon's online game 'New World' in Russia

In addition, Amazon is accepting donations from users, such as opening

a fee-free donation acceptance page and displaying a donation acceptance notice to Ukraine on the website, by March 8, 2022 (Tuesday) Donations have been collected from tens of thousands of users.



In addition to Amazon, large companies such as Apple, Sony, Samsung announced the suspension of product shipments to Russia, and Visa, Mastercard, JCB announced the suspension of payment services, and sanctions by private companies have been imposed. Many have been implemented.

Finally, the shipment of PlayStation for Russia is stopped, and the operation of PlayStation Store is also stopped --GIGAZINE



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