American service for creating and editing notes Notion is leaving Russia due to US sanctions. It was reported website service.
“The US government has imposed restrictions that prohibit anyone in Russia from accessing certain software products and services,” the statement said.
Due to these restrictions, Notion will no longer provide access to the platform to users located in the Russian Federation starting September 9, 2024. In addition, all workspaces of the service located in Russia will be closed. Users in the Russian Federation will also be prevented from accessing Notion.
Russians will be able to export their data from the service before it stops working.
Prior to this, the United States Treasury Department simultaneously expanded sanctions measures banned Providing software and IT assistance to companies in Russia.
The agency said the ban applies to “the export, re-export, sale or supply, directly or indirectly, from the United States or by a U.S. person, of IT consulting, design, IT support or cloud services for the relevant software to any person located in the U.S. or in the Russian Federation.” The ban will go into effect on September 12, 2024.
It was there before clarified Losses for Western companies leaving Russia.