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APPLE HAS STOPPED selling iPhones and other popular products in Russia in response to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The company is one of the latest major corporations to boycott the country following the invasion ordered by Russian president Vladimir Putin last week.
Fellow tech giants Google and Twitter have also cut down their business in Russia.
As well as halting product sales, Apple says its mobile app store is blocking downloads of RT News and Sputnik News from outside Russia.
It also has stopped live traffic updates on Apple Maps in Ukraine as a safety measure, similar to action Google has already taken.
“We will continue to evaluate the situation and are in communication with relevant governments on the actions we are taking,” the company said in its statement.
“We join all those around the world who are calling for peace.”
It is not known how much of Apple’s roughly 365 billion dollar (£274 billion) annual revenue comes from Russia.
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Be great if the phone manufacturers locked all Russian state & government owned devices
They’ll use Chinese phones
@Jonathan: iPhones are Chinese phones
@Martin: I think he means phones like huawei.
@Martin: The components of IPhones are Chinese made but some components are manufactured in other countries and in some cases the phone is assembled elsewhere but Apple is an American company.
I thought sanctions were meant to have a net negative result?
Fair play Apple, keep up the pressure
It’s like trying to compare apples and oranges lol
Do Isreal next.
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