Sham referendums in Ukraine see Apple pull major Russian apps [U: Apple explains restoration]<div class="feat-image">
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Update: Apple has now restored the apps, and explained the reason – see update at end.</p>
<p>The Russian government’s decision to hold sham referendums in <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/ukraine/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Ukraine[/url] has seen <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/aapl/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Apple[/url] pull a number of major apps in response to new sanctions.</p>
<p>Popular Russian apps removed from the <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/guides/app-store/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">App Store[/url] worldwide include Mail.ru and Facebook competitor VK. The latter is one of the apps the Russian government previously <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/16/russia-pre-install-iphone-apple/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">required Apple to show to iPhone users[/url] in the country <a href="
https://9to5mac.com/2021/04/01/iphone-russian-app-list-device-setup/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">during the initial setup process[/url] …</p>
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