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Apple removes Russia’s largest social network from its app store

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Mansana liquidated the largest social network in Russia, VC.from him Programs Keeppreventing users from downloading their applications.

The measure, curiously, applies not only to the territory of Russia, but to the whole world: no one will be able to continue to download VKontakte (the name of the social network that works like the Russian Facebook) regardless of their location.

Why did Apple remove VK?

In accordance with Mansanadeveloper account has been removed from VC. and all your apps are no longer available on your app store in compliance with the sanctions imposed by the United Kingdom.

“These applications are distributed by developers, most of which are owned or controlled by one or more parties under UK government sanctions,” a company spokesperson said in a statement. “In order to comply with these sanctions, Mansana have terminated the developer accounts associated with these apps and the apps cannot be downloaded from any app store regardless of your location. Users who have already downloaded these apps can continue to use them.”

On Monday, the UK government imposed new sanctions on Russian oligarchs in response to fake referendums that Russia recently held in some parts of Ukraine. Sanctions target 23 executives of Gazprombank, a Russian bank linked to VC..

FROM Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year, his government blocked several American social networks, including Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. With this new ban, Russians will now also be unable to download apps like Mail.ru, VK Music or Youla.

The company protects

In a translated statement on their website VC. said his apps were “blocked Mansanabut that it will “continue to develop and maintain apps for iOS”. He assured that they will be able to continue using their services, but there may be problems when making internal payments.

Ministry of Digital Affairs Russia told state media RT I researched “reasons for deleting apps VC. and developer accounts, emphasizing the social significance and scale of using the services of a Russian company.”

Applications VC. are still available on the Play Store for Android phones.

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