Another “oh, what a novelty”: since May 5, Google Play has been blocking downloads and updates of existing paid programs in Russia. At the same time, users in Russia can still download free applications and games.

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Since March 10, 2022, the operation of the Google Play payment system in Russia has been suspended due to financial sanctions due to the war against Ukraine. Since then, users in Russia have been unable to pay for subscriptions, purchase apps and games, or any in-app digital goods using Google Play. But until now, Russian developers could upload paid programs to Google Play. They no longer have this opportunity.

Adding to the “-and” parameter after the search query in Google, whether the result is Russian