It seems incredible that in the 21st century such an absurd war as the one that has begun can be started Putin against Ukraine. Now it seemed like we had already won the war against the coronavirus, and now another is starting against the Russians. Horrible.
And the response to the Russian invasion did not take long around the world. From all fronts, they will try to block Russia from all commercial and economic activity, at least from the European Community and the United States. Apple has also already taken its first step, block and Apple Pay
The Vice President of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov sent a public letter a Tim Cook asking you to stop all Apple activity in Russia. This involves blocking sales of their devices and closing the App Store on Russian territory.
Apple has already taken a first step in favor of said blocking, a few hours before the publication of Fedorov’s request. So far what he has done is block Apple Pay on Russian territory. It stopped working with the Russian financial companies it previously operated: VTB Group, Sovcombank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank and Otkritie.
I have contacted @tim_cook, CEO of Apple, to block the Apple Store for citizens of the Russian Federation and support the US government’s sanctions package! If you agree to have the president-killer, then you will have to settle for the only available site Russia 24. pic.twitter.com/b5dm78g2vS
— Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 25, 2022
At the moment, those of Cupertino they did not answer
The same thing Apple did with Apple Pay, it did too google with your Google Pay, and practically at the same time. We don’t know for sure, but it’s possible that Apple and Google have agreed to take this important step. Maybe in a few days we will know if that was the case.