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By Jeanne Whalen and Rachel Lerman
3.完整新闻标题:
Microsoft suspends sales in Russia in major blow to Russian economy
Software giant is the latest company to abandon the country after the Ukraine in
vasion and Western sanctions
4.完整新闻内文:
Microsoft suspends sales in Russia in major blow to Russian economy
Software giant is the latest company to abandon the country after the Ukraine in
vasion and Western sanctions
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By Jeanne Whalen and Rachel Lerman
Yesterday at 11:03 a.m. EST|Updated yesterday at 2:08 p.m. EST
(Mark Kauzlarich/Bloomberg News)
微软暂停在俄罗斯的销售对俄罗斯经济造成重大打击
软件巨头是乌克兰入侵和西方制裁后。最新放弃该国市场的公司。
微软将暂停在俄罗斯的所有新产品和服务销售，这是因入侵乌克兰而中断联系退市潮的最新
一家公司。
该公司表示，它还将停止“我们在俄罗斯的许多业务，以遵守政府的制裁决定”。
微软总裁在一份声明中说：“与世界其他地方一样，我们对来自乌克兰战争的图像和新闻感
到震惊、愤怒和悲伤，并谴责俄罗斯这种无理、无端和非法的入侵。”
此举，再加上西方制裁和企业决策导致的更广泛的技术封锁，将剥夺俄罗斯对其经济至关重
要的关键技术工具。
Microsoft is suspending all new sales of products and services in Russia, in a m
ajor addition to the flood of companies cutting ties over the invasion of Ukrain
e.
The company said it was also stopping “many aspects of our business in Russia i
n compliance with governmental sanctions decisions.”
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“Like the rest of the world, we are horrified, angered and saddened by the imag
es and news coming from the war in Ukraine and condemn this unjustified, unprovo
ked and unlawful invasion by Russia,” Microsoft President Brad Smith said in a
statement.
The move, coupled with the broader tech blockade underway as a result of Western
sanctions and corporate decisions, will deprive Russia of key tech tools that a
re vital to its economy.
Key U.S. provider of Internet to Russia cuts service there
Computer chip manufacturers have begun halting deliveries to Russia to comply wi
th U.S.-led sanctions, while Apple this week said it is pausing product sales in
Russia and has limited Apple Pay within the country. Google said it would stop
selling ads in the country and paused all search, YouTube and display network ad
s after the Russian government asked it to block ads related to Ukraine.
Microsoft declined to give further details on business suspensions in Russia, bu
t it is likely that companies with existing deals to use Windows and other produ
cts will not immediately lose use of the services. Wedbush Securities analyst Da
n Ives said he expects to see more restrictions to come from Microsoft in Russia
.
“It’s a first step to them ultimately having more of a scorched-earth policy a
nd getting totally out of Russia,” he predicted.
Russia’s business ties to the West took 30 years to build and one week to shatt
er
Microsoft added that it was helping cybersecurity officials in Ukraine “defend
against Russian attacks, including most recently a cyberattack against a major U
krainian broadcaster.”
“Since the war began, we have acted against Russian positioning, destructive or
disruptive measures against more than 20 Ukrainian government, IT and financial
sector organizations,” Smith said. “We have also acted against cyberattacks t
argeting several additional civilian sites. We have publicly raised our concerns
that these attacks against civilians violate the Geneva Convention.”
U.S. tech dominance could offer leverage over Russia — or backfire
Smith’s statement concluded, “Like so many others, we stand with Ukraine in ca
lling for the restoration of peace, respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty and the p
rotection of its people.”
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U.S. dominance of many tech sectors gives the country powerful leverage in geopo
litical conflicts. It is a lever U.S. officials have deployed before, to punish
the Chinese tech giant Huawei, which the United States has deemed a threat to na
tional security.
The tech companies’ restrictions will have more of an impact on consumers and b
usinesses within Russia than on the tech giants. Russia’s market does not make
up a huge part of their revenue.
“For tech companies, it’s breadcrumbs,” Ives said.
Some critics of the approach have cautioned that it can backfire, however, if it
encourages rivals such as Russia and China to develop alternative technologies.
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