Netflix said it has no plans to add any Russian channels to its service there despite a regulation that would require the streaming giant to carry several Russian state-run broadcasters
A powerful coalition of democracies announced it would cut off some Russian banks from the global payment system Swift. Here’s how Swift works, and how the move could ramp up pressure on Russian President Putin. Photo: Anton Vaganov/ReutersNetflix Inc. said it has no plans to add any Russian channels to its service in Russia despite a regulation that would require the streaming giant to carry several state-run broadcasters.
“Given the current situation, we have no plans to add these channels to our service,” a Netflix spokesman said Monday, referring to . The spokesman declined to comment on whether it had informed Russian authorities that it wouldn’t be adding the channels.
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