Apple Zrada

2 weeks ago, Apple deleted almost 100 VPN, today independent media. Current Time and Radio Liberty. (Note: both of these “independent” media are sponsored by the US government)

I spoke about this at a UN session. Such measures don’t do any harm to Putin, they give him advantage because he controls the TV.

However, they are depriving the Russians of access to truthful and honest information.

It is a mistake to follow a repressive law, to pay billions in fines in Russian war chest and to think we exist in a world of “business as usual.”

Context

Pavlo Klimkin Calls On Ukrainians to Boycott Apple Products Over Crimea

The former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, called on Ukrainians to boycott the products of the company Apple over the latter’s recognition of Crimea…

I have earlier brought the news that the company apple acquiesced to the demands of the Russian Federation to display Crimea as a part of Russia to Russian users…

Apple is Showing Crimea as a Part of Russia

At least to those that have their iPhones set to the Russian AppStore…

From BBC:

Apple has complied with Russian demands to show the annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russian territory on its apps.

Russian forces annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, drawing international condemnation.

The region, which has a Russian-speaking majority, is now shown as Russian territory on Apple Maps and its Weather app, when viewed from Russia.

But the apps do not show it as part of any country when viewed elsewhere.