PayPal pauses service in Russia, citing ‘violent military aggression’
by Emma Roth from The Verge - All Posts on (#5WSN5)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge PayPal is suspending its services in Russia in response to the country's violent military aggression in Ukraine," according to a report from Reuters. Ukraine's vice prime minister Mykhailo Fedorov tweeted out a letter from PayPal CEO Dan Schulman, confirming the company's decision to shut down its operations in Russia.
We received a letter from @Dan_Schulman, CEO PayPal. So now it's official: PayPal shuts down its services in Russia citing Ukraine aggression. Thank you @PayPal for your supporting! Hope that soon you will open it in for pic.twitter.com/RaJxEMSLQe
- Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) March 5, 2022
Under the current circumstances, we are suspending PayPal services in Russia," Shulman says in the letter. We are...