Megamarket, the online marketplace controlled by Sberbank, has updated its seller agreement to classify drone strikes, explosions, and ammunition as force majeure, absolving itself of responsibility for goods damaged in such attacks. The change was flagged by the Telegram channel “We Can Explain.”
Previously, the company listed only general categories—natural disasters, military actions, strikes, looting, and government decisions—as force majeure. The new version specifically includes “any consequences of the use, impact, fall, launch, or activation of weapons, military equipment, aircraft (including drones), munitions, ammunition and their parts, as well as shelling and explosions.”
A Megamarket press representative told the outlet that the company is abandoning storage and delivery of sellers’ goods and will function solely as an online marketplace. Sellers have been asked to remove their products from warehouses by August 30.
Earlier, Wildberries, Ozon, and Yandex Market added similar drone-attack clauses to their seller contracts. Wildberries amended its offer in early July, days before a series of Ukrainian drone strikes on its warehouses. Between July 18 and 25, attacks on warehouses belonging to Wildberries and other companies killed nine people, injured nearly 100, and destroyed part of the inventory. Wildberries management said it intended to compensate losses, but sellers reported receiving only a fraction of the value of destroyed goods.