
True, Russia is notorious for piracy, but you should just see a discussion about Spotify on vk.com (Russian facebook) where people can't help but bitterly laugh at all the ways they go to actually PAY money for the GREAT service and the payment just doesn't go through! Spotify launched service in Russia and Ukraine in July 2020, along with 10 other European countries.I'm from Russia and I would have been willingly paying for the Premium for two years now! But no, there's no way to easily go around all the obstacles: it doesn't accept Russian cards, it's a **bleep** of time spent on trying to create an "American PayPal" that still turns out to be not working.Īnd there are many people like me here. “We are exploring additional steps that we can take and will continue to do what is in the best interest of our employees and our listeners,” the company spokesperson said. In addition, Spotify is matching employee donations two-to-one to support local humanitarian efforts in Ukraine amid the Russian attack. In the U.S., the section links to daily news podcasts including those from BBC News, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Guardian, as well as podcast explainers about the Russia-Ukraine war and the history of Ukraine. On Wednesday, the company launched a new guide on the Spotify platform to provide users around the world with access to localized “trusted news” sources (available at this link). Since the Russian hostilities began, Spotify said, its teams have reviewed thousands of pieces of content. The audio-streaming giant said it is providing individual support to Spotify employees in the region as well as to “our global community of Ukrainian employees.”
