According to Variety, Netflix is suspending its services in Russia due to the country's invasion of Ukraine. "We have decided to suspend our service in Russia due to the circumstances on the ground," Netflix spokesperson Emily Feingold said in a statement.
Netflix announced last week that it would not comply with a new Russian law requiring large streaming platforms to host 20 Russian propaganda channels, including NTV and the state-run Channel One.
Netflix later announced that all productions and acquisitions in Russia would be halted, despite the fact that it was working on four Russian originals at the time. Netflix has around 1 million subscribers in Russia, according to Bloomberg.
Netflix isn't the only major corporation that has severed ties with Russia. Other film industry behemoths, such as Disney, Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, and Sony, have all postponed the release of new films in Russian theaters, such as The Batman, Turning Red,...
