Amazon Web Services not accepting new customers in Russia, Belarus

The big picture: "We have also stopped allowing new sign-ups for AWS in Russia and Belarus," the statement on the company's website said.

• The policy change took effect over the weekend but was not formally announced until Tuesday, according to the New York Times, which first reported the news.

AWS has "no data centers, infrastructure, or offices in Russia" and their largest customers in the country are multinational corporations with local development teams, the company noted.