Tag: boycott russia

Spotify Suspending Services in Russia Following Restrictions

Audio streaming platform Spotify has announced that it is suspending services in Russia as a response to the country’s newly imposed media rules. “Spotify has continued to believe that it’s critically important to try to keep our service operational in Russia to provide trusted, independent news and information from the region,” the company said in…


Cancel Culture Targets All Things Russian; Soviet-Style Rule’s Rapid Return | The Nation Speaks

As cancel culture strikes out against all things Russian, even long-dead composers, we discuss how this type of thinking can lead down a dangerous path with Professor Gary Saul Morson, an expert in Russian thought and literature, and author of a new book, “Minds Wide Shut: How the New Fundamentalisms Divide Us.” Next, in America…


Foreign Brands Operating in Russia Face Backlash in Poland

Foreign businesses that have continued operating in Russia despite international sanctions and widespread condemnation are facing backlash in Poland as people increasingly boycott the brands. Store sales at such brands in Poland have declined, according to the country’s Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki, citing government data. “It shows that ordinary people, more than corporations, understand that…