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Apple, Google remove Navalny app as Russian elections begin | TheHill - The Hill

Apple, Google remove Navalny app as Russian elections begin | TheHill - The Hill

Apple, Google remove Navalny app as Russian elections begin | TheHill - The Hill
Sep 17, 2021 54 secs

An app created by allies of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny that has drawn the ire of Russian authorities appeared to have been removed from Apple and Google stores Friday ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections this weekend. .

The Associated Press reported that the move comes after Apple and Google representatives were invited Thursday to meet at the Federation Council, the upper house of Russia’s parliament, after which the council said that Apple had agreed to cooperate with repeated demands from authorities to remove the app over concerns of election interference. .

The disappearance of the app from Apple and Google stores comes the same day polls opened in Russia’s three-day parliamentary elections, which are seen by many analysts as an important component to Putin's efforts to maintain control over the country’s institutions. 

Earlier this month, Roskomnadzor, Russia’s communications watchdog, had threatened Apple and Google with fines if they failed to remove the pro-Navalny app, with Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying that the tech giants were required to remove content that violated Russian law. 

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