Which tech companies are cutting ties with Russia over its war in

From social media giants to video game publishers, a growing number of tech companies are halting business with Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine.

Here’s an overview of what the main tech companies have announced so far. The list is growing and will be regularly updated.

Microsoft

Microsoft said on Friday it was suspending all sales of its products and services in Russia over what it described as the country’s “unjustified, unprovoked and unlawful invasion” of Ukraine. The software giant also pledged to help defend Ukraine against Russian cyberattacks.

Earlier in the week, Microsoft said it would not display any content from state-backed Russia media outlets RT and Sputnik, that it would de-rank their search results on Bing and would stop all advertising deals with them.

PayPal

The online payments company shut down its services in Russia on Saturday after it stopped accepting new users in Russia earlier in the week.

A company spokesperson told Euronews Next that PayPal would continue to process customer withdrawals “for a period of time, ensuring that account balances are dispersed in line with applicable laws and regulations”. The company would not give a specific deadline.

EA and Activision Blizzard

Both video game companies have announced they will no longer sell their games and content in Russia.

For Electronic Arts (EA), which owns the FIFA franchise, this includes games, add-on content, and virtual currency bundles, which will no longer be available in Belarus either.

Apple

Apple has paused all sales of its physical products in Russia, restricted Russian access to digital services including Apple Pay, and blocked RT News and Sputnik from its App Store outside of Russia.

In Ukraine, the company also disabled both traffic and live incident features in its Apple Maps “as a safety and precautionary measure for Ukrainian citizens,” amid fears that Russia could target specific locations using these tools.

Google

The Alphabet-owned company has banned Russian state media outlets from running ads on its platforms, blocked mobile apps connected to media outlets RT and Sputnik from its Play store, removed the publishers from Google News, and banned them from YouTube across Europe.

Like Apple, the company has disabled some live traffic and incident features from Google Maps in Ukraine. Its Search and Maps tools in the country now also point to United Nations resources for refugees and asylum seekers.

In Russia, most of its services – such as Search, Maps and YouTube – remain available, “continuing to provide access to global information and perspectives” to people there, Google said.

Meta (Facebook and Instagram)

Meta announced on Monday that Facebook pages and Instagram accounts belonging to RT and Sputnik would no longer be accessible within the European Union.

On Friday, Russia’s national telecommunications regulator hit back by blocking access to Facebook in the country, in response to what it called “discrimination” against Russian state…