Google began disabling corporate services for Russian companies under sanctions

Google began blocking Google Workspace corporate services (corporate mail, documents, disk and others) to Russian companies that were subject to American sanctions. about this , citing sources in two large IT companies. writes The Kommersant newspaper

According to them, blocking of Google Workspace services began on the night of August 10. The publication’s interlocutors did not specify which companies lost access to services, saying only that they are under American sanctions.

“After blocking the services, company employees cannot access corporate email or use electronic document management via Google Docs, which poses a risk of financial and reputational losses; almost all important documents and correspondence remain in Google’s corporate storage,” says one of the newspaper’s interlocutors .

Another source of the publication noted that currently about 30% of all corporate information of Russian companies is stored on the American Google Workspace site.

“Many organizations are delaying the transition to alternative workspaces, such as Yandex, until the end, hoping that Google will warn in advance about the blocking,” he said.

According to the publication, companies facing blocking received a notification in which Google explains its actions as “spam messages” from corporate accounts.

Kommersant’s source in the IT market is convinced that Google will continue to disable its services for Russian companies that are under EU or US sanctions, “moreover, an American company can do this without warning, which will not allow companies to make backups to alternative sites "

After the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, it became known that Google intends to liquidate its Russian branch and export employees abroad who want to continue working for the company.

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