After halting Android app and subscription purchases in Russia over sanctions, Google Play now also blocks "downloading of paid apps and updates to paid apps" (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

After halting Android app and subscription purchases in Russia over sanctions, Google Play now additionally blocks “downloading of paid apps and updates to paid apps”  —  Google is now blocking Russian customers and builders from downloading or updating paid functions from the Google Play Retailer beginning Thursday on account of sanctions.