Condé Nast ceases operation in Russia amid the “senseless war” against Ukraine and the country’s new censorship laws, CEO Roger Lynch said in a memo to staff this week. Early last month, Lynch announced that the company was suspending publishing operations in Condé Nast Russia, as “we continue to be shocked and horrified by the senseless violence and tragic humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.” On Tuesday, Lynch said that the company would close its entire Russian franchise, citing the ongoing war and “the escalation in the severity of the censorship laws, which have significantly curtailed free sp…
