Google Adsense last week became the latest Western service to comply with sanctions on Russia by blocking the accounts of customers based in Crimea, who found the following message popping up on their screens. “Your Google AdSense account is located in Crimea. The publishers from this region can no longer cooperate with AdSense in connection with the sanctions that have recently come into force. For this reason, your account will be closed.” Paypal, Visa, Mastercard and Apple’s AppStore have already suspended commercial activity on the peninsula. rbth