Smartphone maker Samsung is halting shipments of its phones and chips to Russia "due to current geopolitical developments".  

The company said it will "continue to actively monitor this complex situation to determine our next steps".

In addition to suspending sales, the company says it will also donate $6m (£4.5m) - including consumer electronics and voluntary donations from employees - to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine.

 Friday also marked other big exits, with Microsoft suspending sales of its products and services in Russia.   French luxury retailers LVMH, Hermes, Kering and Chanel said they would close their Russian stores, and Danish beer giant Carlsberg halted Russian exports and investments.  

CNN and Bloomberg to halt operations in Russia  

CNN and Bloomberg News will temporarily suspend their work in Russia.  

It comes after President Vladimir Putin signed legislation that imposes prison terms of up to 15 years on people charged with spreading “fake news” about the war in Ukraine.  

“The change to the criminal code, which seems designed to turn any independent reporter into a criminal purely by association, makes it impossible to continue any semblance of normal journalism inside the country,” said Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait.  

A spokesperson for CNN said it would stop broadcasting in Russia "while we continue to evaluate the situation and our next steps moving forward".  

The BBC suspended its own operations within the country earlier on Friday.   Several websites - including BBC Russian - are no longer accessible within the country.  Nor are Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.    

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