Russian-backed grocery app Buyk abruptly furloughed the vast majority of its staff on Friday as sanctions against Russia left the company without funding.
Buyk, which was founded by two Russians and has sizable operations in New York and Chicago, is furloughing about 98% of its employees until it can secure funding from American sources, CEO James Walker said in a statement to The Post.
The news comes about a week after The Post reported that Buyk employees were scared that an economic war between the US and Russia would cost them their jobs.
Source: NY Post
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