MOSCOW: Russia’s state censor threatened to fine Apple Inc. and Google and would accuse them of interfering in the election if they do not remove an app developed by supporters of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny. of a parliamentary vote next month.
Communications regulator Roskomnadzor said on Thursday that the application allowed Mr Navalny’s supporters to continue their campaigns after his Anti-Corruption Foundation was designated an extremist organization, banning it from operating in Russia. In August, he ordered tech giants to stop distributing the app in its stores and said its failure to remove it could be considered an interference in the Russian election, which it described as “a violation. of Russian legislation “.