The company stopped selling ads in Russia because of the invasion of Ukraine.
In light of the extraordinary circumstances, we are pausing our ads in Russia. The situation is evolving quickly, and we will continue to share updates when appropriate, according to Michael Aciman.
There will be no ads on the websites in Russia.
Russia launched a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine.
According to a translation by The Wall Street Journal, the ad sales decision comes a day after Russia's media regulator demanded that Google block ads on YouTube that contained false political information about Ukraine.
According to Insider, Ukrainian advertising professionals formed a group to create ads to counter misinformation about Russia's attack on Ukraine.
The review feature for Russian businesses on Google Maps was disabled this week after reviews for restaurants in Russia were flooded with information about the protests against the invasion of Ukraine.