Apple is displaying the Crimea that Russia forcibly merged on the Russian territory and on the map
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Crimea has belonged to Ukraine since its independence in 1991, but has continued to claim that Russia has taken part in the Crimean Crisis that occurred in 2014. Many international communities, including Japan, support the Ukrainian claim that 'Russian annexation of Crimea violates the Ukrainian Constitution', but it has developed its own map app on iPhone and Mac etc. It is reported to multiple media that Apple is displaying Crimea as a Russian territory on its own map app.
Apple agrees to show Crimea as part of Russia on all its apps? Russian MP-Society & Culture-TASS
https://tass.com/society/1093403
Apple alters Maps and Weather to show Crimea as a Russian territory-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/27/20985762/apple-maps-weather-apps-crimea-russia-territory
BBC News was the first to report Crimea as a Russian territory on two apps, Apple's pre-installed map app and weather app.
If you enter “Simferopol” which is the place name of Crimea in the weather app, you can see that it is classified as land in the region of Crimea in Russia as the word “Russia” appears.
On the map app, the border with Ukraine is clearly marked with a red line, whereas there is no border with Russia.
The state house of the Russian Parliament has issued a statement that `` Russia treats only the port city Sevastopol as a separate region '', and Apple's map application also draws a border line between Sevastopol and other regions You can see that
According to a survey by BBC News, for iOS devices using the Russian version of the App Store, Crimea appears to be displayed as Russian territory in the map app and weather app. In addition, Apple has been pointed out by the Russian State House that the Crimea display is inaccurate, and it has become clear that it had been in discussions with the Russian side for several months.
Apple initially suggested displaying Crimea as undefined land that was neither Russian nor Ukrainian. However, it appears that the Russian side claimed that displaying Crimea as a Ukrainian territory was illegal under Russian law. Later, Vasily Piskaryov, chairman of the Security and Anti-Corruption Committee of the Russian Parliament, said that Crimea is now appearing as a Russian territory in the map and weather apps. Gave me a comment.
In addition, Piskaryov says, “The display never returns. The discussion with Apple is over. We have received everything we wanted.” At the time of article creation, Apple has not responded to BBC News inquiries.
In the case of Google Maps, which is widely used around the world, Crimea does not clearly indicate whether it is a Russian territory or a Ukrainian territory. However, the place name of Crimea is written in Russian, not Ukrainian.
Many countries, including the EU and the United States, as well as Japan, do not allow Russian Crimean annexation. The loss of Crimea is a big loss for Ukraine, and Ukraine and the Western countries have accused Russia of sending troops to slam the Crimean separatists.
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