According to a Nikkei source, the joint venture’s commercial unit suffered the most from the cuts. AliExpress Russia, a joint venture established by Alibaba and its Russian partners in 2019, carries out domestic and international transactions.

The company is dependent on cross-border sales for more than three-quarters of its business and is slower to benefit from the pandemic e-commerce boom as supply chains adjust to new travel restrictions.

He was also affected by the consequences of the Russian-Ukrainian war.