Google and Apple remove apps developed by Russian rebels as 'due to radicals'



Just before the start of the Russian House of Commons elections on September 17, 2021, Google and Apple called the Google Play Store an app developed by the political group of political activist Alexei Navalny, who was imprisoned in Russia. It is reported to have been removed from the App Store.

Apple и Google подошли к «красной черте» – Газета Коммерсантъ № 168 (7130) от 17.09.2021
https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/4988129

Google, Apple remove Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/google-apple-remove-navalny-app-stores-russian-elections-begin-2021-09-17/

Google takes down anti-government app in Russia amid claims tech giant's staff were threatened | World News | Sky News
https://news.sky.com/story/alexei-navalny-putin-critic-begins-sentence-in-russian-penal-colony-12231633

Mr. Navalny continues an anti-government movement that criticizes President Vladimir Putin, and is in prison at the time of writing the article. In August 2020, someone was about to be poisoned, and Navalny claims that 'the attempted poisoning was initiated by the Russian government.'

Putin's political enemy, who is about to be poisoned, succeeds in getting a spy's confession that he 'poisoned his pants' --GIGAZINE



The app released by Mr. Navalny's political organization calls for votes to opposition parties, and is said to be an app aimed at 'tactical election campaigns that prevent the ruling party from winning.' In Russia, a parliamentary election was held on September 17, 2021, and Mr. Navalny was moving against United Russia, the ruling party led by President Putin.

According to Коммерсантъ, a government-independent news agency, the Kremlin ordered Google and Apple to remove the app from their stores in August 2021, but neither company responded. .. As a result, government officials also suggested that Google and Apple could be fined up to 4 million rubles (about 6 million yen), saying, 'It is an act that breaks Russian law and interferes with Russian elections by American companies. It may be considered as '.' Therefore, it seems that Apple and Google have finally lifted their backs.

Russia fines Apple and Google with Navalny's app not removed | Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/article/russia-politics-navalny-app-idJPKBN2FZ0CS

When Navalny's senior adviser Ivan Zhdanov asked Apple to explain the removal of the app, 'Apple must obey local law.' 'Navalny's group was determined to be radical, so The answer is that the app is considered illegal. ' 'Google and Apple are making big mistakes,' Zhdanov criticized.



Meanwhile, Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, 'Mr. Navalny's app is illegal in our country, and Google and Apple platforms have been notified so and it seems that they have decided to remove it based on the law.' We welcome the removal of the app.

As a result of the election of the Russian House of Representatives, United Russia has acquired two-thirds of the seats, and the Putin administration is expected to continue to maintain a strong power base in parliament.

Russia House Elections More than two-thirds of the ruling party outlook To maintain a strong power base | Russia | NHK News
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20210920/k10013269011000.html

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