Amazon halts retail shipments to Russia and cuts off Prime Video

SEATTLE: Amazon had discontinued Prime Video access in Russia and had ceased shipping retail orders to customers in Russia and Belarus, the firm announced.

Additionally, Amazon said that it is discontinuing sales in Russia of New World, the company's newly released online multiplayer video game.

"Given the ongoing situation in Russia and Ukraine, we've taken additional actions in the region," Amazon stated in a blog post. "We've suspended shipment of retail products to customers based in Russia and Belarus, and we will no longer be accepting new Russia and Belarus-based AWS customers and Amazon third-party sellers. We are also suspending access to Prime Video for customers based in Russia, and we will no longer be taking orders for New World, which is the only video game we sell directly in Russia."

Amazon previously stated that it was assisting Ukraine with cybersecurity and has noticed harmful state and non-state actors attempting to attack charities, non-governmental institutions, and other charity groups in order to spread misinformation and cause disruption.