Audiobook service Storytel announced its final departure from Russia

The Storytel audiobook service leaves Russia from October 1, 2022. The Swedish company sent the corresponding letter to its users. The Russian office also confirmed the information to The Blueprint.

“Dear Storytel users, we have sad news that you will only be able to continue using the application until September 30 this year, from October 1, the application will become unavailable,” the email says. For users who paid for a subscription longer than this period, the company promised to return the money.

In early March, almost immediately after the start of the war in Ukraine, Storytel announced the suspension of operations in Russia. in the Russian-language telegram channel of the service But a week later, an announcement appeared that the subscription could be renewed.

. estimates More than a thousand companies in total have curtailed their operations in the country to varying degrees since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Yale Some of them completely stopped their work in the Russian Federation.