Inkantolo yaseRussia ihlawulise uWhatsApp nezinye izinkampani zobuchwepheshe. Izinkampani zizokwenqaba ukugcina idatha eqoqwe yezakhamizi zaseRussia eRussia. I-WhatsApp ithole inhlawulo ephakeme kakhulu, efinyelela kuma-ruble ayizigidi eziyi-18.
Umlawuli wezokuxhumana waseRussia uRoskomnadzor uthi izinkampani zehlulekile ukunikeza imibhalo ngesikhathi eqinisekisa ukuthi ukugcinwa nokucubungula idatha yabasebenzisi baseRussia kwenzeke endaweni yaseRussia.
Ngaphezu kwenhlawulo yama-ruble ayizigidi eziyi-18, cishe ama-euro angama-289,000, i-WhatsApp nayo inenhlawulo yama-ruble ayizigidi ezi-4, ama-euro angama-64,000. Lokhu kwabekwa ngo-Agasti ngonyaka odlule, ngoba inkampani ngeke igcine noma iyiphi idatha evela kubasebenzisi baseRussia ezweni ngaleso sikhathi.
Ezinye izinkampani zobuchwepheshe manje ezihlawuliswe yinkantolo yaseMoscow yi-Snap, inkampani engumzali weTinder iMatch Group, Hotels.com kanye neSpotify, kubhala iReuters. I-Match Group kufanele ikhokhe ama-ruble ayizigidi ezimbili, ama-euro angama-32,000. Inhlawulo evela ku-Snap ne-Hotels.com ifinyelela kuma-ruble ayisigidi, ama-euro angu-16,000. Ekugcineni, iSpotify kufanele ikhokhe ama-ruble angama-500,000, ama-euro ayi-8,000.
I-Expedia Group, umnikazi weHotels.com, esitatimendeni esithunyelelwe abeReuters ukuthi iyasiphenya isinqumo senkantolo. Ithi i-Hotels.com ivale isitolo sayo saseRussia ngo-Ephreli 1, 2022 nokuthi "ayisaqoqi idatha yabasebenzisi baseRussia." Ezinye izinkampani bezingakaphawuli ngesinqumo sejaji.
Kube yisidingo esisemthethweni kusukela ngo-2015 ukugcina idatha yomsebenzisi endaweni yaseRussia. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinkampani zobuchwepheshe ziye zadingeka ukuba zibe nehhovisi noma ummeleli eRussia kusukela ngonyaka odlule. Kodwa-ke, ngenxa yokuhlasela kweRussia e-Ukraine, izinkampani zobuchwepheshe ziyahoxa eRussia, njenge-Apple neMicrosoft.