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Universal Music Group said Tuesday it was suspending all operations in Russia and closing its offices, as it joins a growing number of companies protesting the violence in Ukraine. The world's largest music company's decision followed the announcement last week by Spotify that it would close its offices in Russia…

The company has not yet confirmed the cause of the issue which left people unable to gain access to their accounts

Some were sent notifications to say their accounts were deleted while others were unable to play songs

Spotify has said its back up and running after users reported issues accessing the platform for a time on Tuesday evening.

Spotify went down for users on all platforms at 6pm on Tuesday evening and many reported that they thought they'd been hacked

Users have been reporting issues with the app since around 6pm on Tuesday

Both platforms are suffering from temporary outages.