Swedish streaming service Spotify enters Ukraine, may change local music industry

Maryna Mikeladze has been waiting for Spotify to enter Ukraine for over five years — ever since she tried the world’s largest music streaming service for the first time.

Until the Swedish company started to work in Ukraine on July 15, Mikeladze used Spotify in what she calls “the most legal of all the illegal ways” – she set up a foreign account, paid for a subscription and used a VPN to be able to listen to music through the platform.