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More than 50 blacklisted apps stayed on Apple’s App Store despite U.S. sanctions
Apps from sanctioned entities are quietly slipping through Apple’s App Store’s review process, peddling apps that could undermine American…
Russia blocks Apple’s FaceTime
Russia’s state communications regulator announced on Thursday that it has blocked Apple’s FaceTime video-calling service, citing its alleged…
Major Russian retailer reports sharp rise in iPhone orders
Russian resellers launched Apple’s new iPhone lineup in stores, with major retailer Restore: noting a significant surge in pre-orders…
Russia orders state-backed MAX messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones and tablets
Starting next month, all mobile phones and tablets in Russia must have the state-backed MAX messenger app pre-installed, the Russian…
Apple’s iPhone exports from India dodge President Trump’s 25% tariffs for now
Apple’s iPhone exports from India to America are currently unaffected by President Donald Trump’s new 25% tariffs on the South Asian country…
Russia fines Apple for violating ‘LGBT propaganda’ law
A Russian court on Tuesday imposed a six million rouble ($76,510) fine on U.S. tech company Apple for breaching Russian regulations…
Russian court fines Apple for violating ‘LGBT propaganda’ law
A Russian court imposed fines totaling 10.5 million roubles ($130,483) on Apple across four administrative cases, with three related to…
Apple pulls Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty news app from Russia App Store on request from Russian government
Apple has removed one of U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)’s Russian-language news apps from the Russian App Store…
Russian court fines Apple for not deleting two political podcasts
A Moscow court on Tuesday fined U.S. technology giant Apple 3.6 million roubles ($36,889) for refusing to remove two podcasts that…
Russian government purchases of Apple iPhones rise
The Russian government significantly increased its iPhone purchases in the first nine months of 2024, acquiring four times more devices…
Apple’s Apple Store continues censoring VPN apps in Russia
The App Censorship Project has discovered that the scale of VPN removal in Russia is even more extensive than previously reported…
iPhone 16 pre-order demand in Russia is 15% higher YoY
Despite Apple’s export ban on Russia, pre-orders for the new iPhone model have surpassed those of its predecessor by 15%…
Russian retailers reportedly launch Apple’s iPhone 16, skirting export bans
Despite Apple’s export ban on Russia, Russian retailers have begun offering pre-sales of the latest iPhone model. Consumers in Russia can…
Apple reportedly pulls 25 VPN apps in Russia at government’s request
In a move aligning with a request from Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor, Apple removed 25 VPN apps from…
Russian antitrust agency wants Apple to explain why Russian users have limited access to banking and payment services
Russia’s antitrust agency on Thursday said it had written to Apple asking the company to explain why users of Apple devices in Russia…
Apple products, including Vision Pro, still available in Russia despite company’s export ban
Apple products, including the new Vision Pro headset, are readily availabe in Russian stores despite the company’s ban on exporting products…
Apple pays $13.65 million Russian fine, antitrust agency says
Russia’s FAS antitrust agency said on Monday that Apple paid a fine of 1.2 billion roubles ($13.65 million), imposed over the company’s…
Russian court rejects Apple appeal over App Store antitrust charge
A Russian court rejected Apple’s appeal against the alleged abuse of its dominant market position in terms of in-app payments…
Russia fines Apple for failure to censor ‘inaccurate’ content on Ukraine invasion
A Moscow court fined Apple 400,000 roubles ($4,274) on Thursday for not deleting “inaccurate” content about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine …
Apple denies Russia’s iPhone surveillance claims
Apple on Thursday denied claims made by Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) that it cooperated with the U.S. National Security Agency…
Russia claims U.S. NSA accessed thousands of Apple iPhones in spy plot
Russia claimed on Thursday it had uncovered a U.S. NSA plot using previously unknown malware to access vulnerabilities in Apple iPhones …
Kremlin tells Russian officials to stop using Apple iPhones by April 1st
The Kremlin told officials involved in preparations for Russia’s 2024 presidential election to stop using Apple iPhones because…
Apple pulls Russia’s Tinkoff banking app from App Store
Following the imposition of European Union sanctions last week, newly sanctioned Russian digital lender Tinkoff Bank said on Thursday…
Apple pays $12.1 million fine in Russia for alleged app market abuse
Apple has paid a 906 million rouble ($12.12 million) fine in a Russian antitrust case alleging abuse of its dominance in the mobile apps…
Apple pulls VKontakte, Russia’s largest social network, from the App Store
Globally, Apple’s App Store has removed the iOS apps belonging to VK, the conglomerate behind Russia’s version of Facebook called VKontakte …
New Apple iPhone will be available in Russia, Moscow trade minister says
Due to Moscow’s parallel import scheme, Russians will have the chance to buy the new Apple iPhone 14 despite the U.S. tech company…
Russia fines Apple 2 million roubles over alleged data storage violation
A Moscow court fined Apple 2 million roubles (US$33,900) on Tuesday for allegedly refusing to store the data of Russian citizens in Russia …
Apple is no longer importing gold and tungsten from Russia
Apple is no longer importing gold and tungsten from Russia, the company confirmed to MarketWatch in a statement Thursday…
Russia threatens Apple with fine over alleged data storage violations
Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor has opened administrative cases against Apple, Amazon-owned Twitch, Pinterest…
Russian users sue Apple for pulling Apple Pay over invasion of Ukraine
A Russian law firm on Friday said it had filed a lawsuit against Apple seeking damages for users affected by the withdrawal of Apple Pay …
Russian court rules antitrust case against Apple can proceed
A Russian court in Moscow on Thursday ruled that Russia’s anti-monopoly regulator can proceed in opening an antitrust case against Apple …
Ukrainian man deploys Apple’s ‘Find My’ app to trace Russian troops
Using Apple’s “Find My” app, a Ukrainian man has been able to track the redeployment of Russian troops to the east of the country…
Apple makes Navalny app available once again in App Store in Russia
Apple has resumed allowing users in Russia to download an app run by supporters of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny after criticism that…
Apple reportedly cuts iPhone SE production by 20% amid rising inflation, war
Apple plans to make about 20% fewer iPhone SE units next quarter than originally planned, in one of the first signs that rising inflation…
Apple Pay suspends service for Russia’s Mir card payment system, closing loophole
Apple has suspended its Apple Pay service for Russia’s Mir card payment system, Russia’s largest lender and payments system said on Friday…
Apple stock falls below key level after China shuts Foxconn plant over COVID spike
Apple shares fell on Monday, dropping below their 200-day moving average, after Foxconn halted operations following China’s COVID …
Apple, other big tech firms wall off Russia like never before, posing new risks for America
The campaign led notably by Apple to starve Russia of tech— stripping the nation of everything from iPhones and Airbnb listings…
Elon Musk: Starlink will not censor Russian news outlets
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted early Saturday morning that Starlink has been told by some governments to block Russian news…
More tech companies follow Apple’s lead on Russia pullout
In a growing show of solidarity with Ukraine, big U.S. tech companies halting sales of products in Russia expanded following Apple’s lead…
How Apple and the rest of Big Tech benefit from taking on Russia
Silicon Valley tech giants are joining the rest of the business world in pulling their products and services from Russia. Companies like Apple…
Apple got tough on Russia, but what about China?
Apple and multiple other U.S. companies have or are in the process of severing ties with Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine, but the same…
