Apple has disabled viewing of presentations of new products for Russians

Apple has disabled viewing of presentations of new products for Russians

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The American technology giant Apple, as part of the sanctions imposed by Western countries against Russia due to its military operation in Ukraine, has decided to prohibit users from the Russian Federation from watching the broadcast of the presentation of its new products scheduled for March 8, TASS reports.

At the beginning of this month, Apple announced that it was suspending the sale of products in Russia. So, already on March 1, at about 23:00 Moscow time, users of the corporation’s Russian website noticed that the company had stopped selling its products online. On all positions in the “Delivery” column, the inscription “currently unavailable” appeared, and the “Continue” button became inactive.

Recall that on February 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees recognizing the independence of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR), and on February 24 he made an emergency appeal to the Russians and announced a special military operation in Donbass. In his speech, he stated that “circumstances require decisive action from Russia” and stressed that “Russia will not allow Ukraine to have nuclear weapons.”

In response to Russia’s actions, Western countries (USA, Canada, European Union, Great Britain, Japan) announced new, tougher sanctions against the Russian Federation, including financial and economic ones.

In particular, Russian banks fell under the sanctions, including Sberbank, VTB, Novikombank, FC Otkritie and Sovcombank, and for a number of state-owned companies it was difficult to attract foreign capital.

Later, the EU countries and the United States agreed to disconnect Russian banks that fell under sanctions from the international system of interbank transactions and information exchange SWIFT. In addition, it was decided to freeze the assets of the Bank of Russia, which will create difficulties for its use of international reserves. EU countries also pledged to take steps to limit the sale of citizenship — the so-called “golden passports” that allow wealthy Russians connected to the Russian government to become citizens of EU states and gain access to their financial systems. In addition, the European Union, the United States, Canada and a number of other countries have closed the sky for Russian aircraft.

You can follow the chronicle of events around Ukraine here.

Source: Rosbalt

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