Spent war with Ukraine: how Apple helped the Russian Federation earn almost $ 14 million

In Russia, the American company was accused of violating antitrust law. Apple representatives tried to challenge this decision in court, but unsuccessfully. The Russian budget in 2024 has already received more than $ 13 million from the US company Apple, which left the Russian market almost immediately after Moscow has sold a full -scale war against Ukraine. Money is already in state Russian accounts, it is reported in the report of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of the Russian Federation.

It is noted that the techno -giant was fined 1. 2 billion rubles ($ 13. 6 million) in January 2023 because the US company allegedly demanded that Russian developers use only its payment instrument in IOS applications. The Russian Federation has decided that this condition violates antitrust law and fined the company. Apple tried to challenge a violation of antitrust in court. But the Russian court acknowledged that the decision of the FAS was quite legal.

On March 1, 2022, the CEO of Tim Cook addressed the employees and announced its decision to stop the supply and sale of equipment in Russia in connection with the invasion of the Russian Federation into Ukraine. According to The Verge, a week before, Apple stopped importing all its products into the territory of the aggressor country. "Apple Pay and other services have been limited. RT News and Sputnik News are no longer available for downloading in the App Store outside Russia.

And we have disabled traffic jams and incidents in Apple Maps in Ukraine as a safety and caution event for Ukrainian citizens," - said Tim Cook. Already on March 2, Apple stopped the sale of iPhone, MacBook and other equipment in Russia. However, Apple's technique was still sold in Russian stores, since in June 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin allowed the import of goods to the Russian Federation without the permission of the right holder.