Apple stopped selling equipment and blocked the possibility of using Apple Pay in Russia

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On March 1, 2022, the corporation limited the use of services for citizens and the government of Russia. The company's representative office reported that it had stopped exporting products to the occupying country, as well as limited the Apple Pay payment platform.

About this reports the BuzzFeed. Information confirmed Minister of Digital Transformation Mykhailo Fedorov.

The day before, Apple announced that their payment service is no longer supported by the Russian bank "Novikombank", and citizens of the Russian Federation began to report problems with using Apple Pay even abroad. 

In addition, the company announced that the Kremlin-controlled RT News and Sputnik News will no longer be available in the App Store outside of Russia.

Apple also disabled traffic incidents and real-time incidents on Apple Maps inside Ukraine "as a precautionary measure for citizens of Ukraine."

It is worth noting that Intel, AMD, Dell, Ericsson and TSMC have already stopped supplying products to Russia.

 

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