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VK Group, the developers of VKontakte and related services, issued its own statement<\/a> complaining that \u201cApple has removed VK apps from the App Store without warning or explanation\u2026 VK has never been subject to sanctions nor included on sanctions lists, a fact confirmed by numerous legal opinions from international and US counsel. Apple has long been in possession of these official legal opinions and all relevant information. Nevertheless, Apple unilaterally removed VK apps without prior notice\u2026 We consider these actions by Apple regarding Russian users to be unjustified and unacceptable.\u201d (Translation from Russian through Google Translate.)<\/p>\n

VK Group also stressed that its Android apps \u201cremain fully functional\u2014including updates, notifications, and other features\u2014and are available via RuStore, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, Samsung Store, Xiaomi Store, and official product websites.\u201d<\/p>\n

This appears to be the new line from the Kremlin, as well. A Russian Telegram channel that reports on Peskov\u2019s comments quoted him yesterday<\/a> as saying that Apple perhaps could not be \u201ctrusted as a commercial service provider\u201d and that the blocks are part of a pattern of \u201cdecisions by Apple that are, to put it mildly, bizarre.\u201d (Translation from Russian through Google Translate.)<\/p>\n

Still, despite the posturing, Peskov knows the score; there\u2019s little Russia can do about the situation. So instead, he ended with an appeal to users. \u201cThere is always an immediate solution,\u201d he said, \u201cswitch to Android, switch to our systems, switch to our equivalent service, and continue using the services you love.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VK Group, the developers of VKontakte and related services, issued its own statement complaining that \u201cApple has removed VK apps from the App Store without warning or explanation\u2026 VK has never been subject to sanctions nor included on sanctions lists, a fact confirmed by numerous legal opinions from international and US counsel. 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