Support Ukraine, CD Projekt Stops All Sales In Russia And Belarus

Supporting Ukraine, CD Projekt stops all sales in Russia and Belarus (Photo:Cyberthreat)

JAKARTA - CD PROJEKT Group announced that it will suspend all digital sales and shipments of physical stock of its products, as well as all games distributed on the GOG platform, to Russia and Belarus.

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine continues, all kinds of sanctions have been imposed on Russia. Previously EA Sport also pulled the Russian national team and football club from FIFA games. Now it's CD Projekt's turn to take steps against Russia by stopping the sale of all games in Russia and Belarus.

"In light of the Russian military invasion of our neighboring Ukraine, until further notice, the CD PROJEKT Group has decided to stop all sales of our games to Russia and Belarus", CD Projekt wrote in a Twitter statement Thursday, March 3.

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CD Projekt goes on to explain the impact it hopes to have by discontinuing its sales is that when commercial entities come together, they have the power to inspire global change.

In addition, the CD PROJEKT Group also said that they stand firm with the Ukrainian people. "We know that players in Russia and Belarus, individuals who have nothing to do with the invasion of Ukraine, will be affected by this decision, but with this action, we want to further galvanize the global community to talk about what is going on in the hearts of Europe."

CD Projekt located in Poland has played a big role in accommodating refugees from Ukraine. According to the United Nations Refugee Agency, the country has taken in 280,000 refugees, most of the one million people who have fled Ukraine and the war so far.

In another tweet, CD Projekt also stated that it would support humanitarian relief efforts with a donation of one million PLN, which is roughly equivalent to US$232,000.

The donation and decision to withdraw the game from Russia and Belarus comes just a day after Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, appealed to Xbox, PlayStation, and the industry as a whole to act.