Microsoft unit in Russia to file for bankruptcy, database shows

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One of Microsoft Corp's subsidiaries successful Russia plans to record for bankruptcy, according to a enactment published connected the authoritative Fedresurs registry connected Friday.

Microsoft did not instantly respond to an emailed petition for comment.

President Vladimir Putin said this week that overseas work providers similar Microsoft and Zoom should beryllium "throttled" successful Russia to marque mode for home bundle solutions.

Microsoft continued providing cardinal services successful Russia aft Moscow's February 2022 penetration of Ukraine, but successful June 2022 it said it was importantly scaling down its operations owed to changes to the economical outlook and the interaction connected its concern there.

The U.S. tech elephantine had already removed Russian state-owned media outlet RT's mobile apps from the Windows App store and banned advertisements connected Russian state-sponsored media successful the days aft the invasion.

The enactment posted connected Fedresurs connected Friday said that Microsoft Rus LLC was intending to state bankruptcy.

The TASS quality bureau reported that Microsoft has 3 different Russian units - Microsoft Development Centre Rus, Microsoft Mobile Rus and Microsoft Payments Rus. It was not instantly wide however those units mightiness beryllium affected.

Alphabet-owned Google's Russian subsidiary filed for bankruptcy successful 2022, saying that the seizure of its slope relationship by Russian authorities had made it untenable for its Russian bureau to function, including paying Russia-based employees, suppliers and vendors.

Published - May 31, 2025 09:36 americium IST