Apple stops selling its products in Russia, and Tim Cook's message

Three days ago we published an article about a request by the State of Ukraine to Apple to stop selling products and the App Store in Russia -read here- With the crisis continuing and Western pressure increasing on Russia, Apple decided to take steps yesterday. These steps have come as the most powerful measure among those taken by US technology companies.


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Apple has decided to completely stop sales of devices in Russia and stop exporting its products to the country.


Russian state TV apps not available

Apple has blocked applications for Russian state media (RT and Sputnik) from the App Store outside Russia.


Disabling some map features in Ukraine

Traffic congestion and live event notification features have been discontinued on the Apple Maps app “to protect the safety of Ukrainian citizens,” as Apple described it. Google has also temporarily stopped traffic updates in its Google Maps.


Payment services stopped

Apple pay has stopped (and it is reported that Google Pay has also stopped), and this has already caused many disruptions in Russia, such as the subway that relied on these services for express payment, and there were increasing lines waiting to find paper money.


Apple's statements

The company’s statements came as follows (adapted): “We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and stand with those who suffer because of the violence. We support the delivery of humanitarian aid to those affected by the war and do everything we can to support our teams of personnel working in the region.”

Tim Cook has sent a letter to Apple employees

I wanted to take a moment to address the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. I know I speak on behalf of everyone at Apple in expressing our concern to all those affected by the violence. With each new image of families fleeing their homes and brave citizens fighting for their lives, we see how important it is for people around the world to come together to advance the cause of peace.

Apple donates to humanitarian relief efforts and provides aid to the unfolding refugee crisis. We are also working with partners to assess what more we can do. I know many of you are eager to find ways to support as well, and we want to help amplify the impact of your donations. Starting today, Apple will match your donations at a 2:1 ratio to eligible organizations, and we'll make this retroactive to donations to those organizations since February 25th. Please visit the employee bid portal to learn more.

We are working to support our teams in Ukraine and throughout the region. In Ukraine, we were in contact with every employee, and helped them and their families in any way we could. For members of our Ukrainian team who are outside the country who may need support, please contact us. For any employee needing any support, please visit the People site for available resources.

We will continue to assess the situation and communicate with the relevant governments about the actions we are taking. This moment demands unity, calls for courage, and reminds us that we must never lose sight of the humanity we all share. In these challenging times, I take comfort in knowing that we are united in our commitment to each other, our users, and to being a force for good in the world.


What do you think of Apple's position? Did you expect events to develop in this way?

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Malek Rahil

And God baffled me, Tim Cook, to make this choice, knowing that he will regret it, and this is because Putin will not have mercy on him anymore, despite most of the giant Chinese companies such as Huawei, Samsung and Xiaomi, much better than Apple and even though I am a fan of Apple and all its devices

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Ayad

The problem is that these actions are the policy of governments and people are harmed by their decisions and media
I am against injustice against peoples, whether they are Arab, such as Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Yemen, or European, such as Ukraine and Russia
The Ukrainian people are oppressed by the bombing of Russia, and the Russian people are also oppressed as a result of the sanctions because of their government. Not all the Russian people are with the war on Ukraine.
Apple's decision will not only harm the Russian government, but also the peaceful people

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Ali Hussein Al-Mirfadi

May God curse you, Apple, what humanity? Look at the Arab countries, Yemen, Syria, Palestine, usurped for 70 years, and there is no humanity with you.

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iMuflh

Global hypocrisy, and from today I declare it explicitly, that I boycott Apple products

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immortal

The actions of governments and their people should be separated and away from linking politics to sports or electronic services and others...

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Abu Ryan 💞

Forced your brother not a hero
When they had a choice, they did not refuse. They were attacked by higher authorities.

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Rami

This measure will cost Apple significant losses as well.
The Russians, like the Chinese, have a special payment system, special maps, and a special “Facebook”, a scientifically advanced country that has alternatives, from mobile to space,
All this will revert to Western society sooner or later.

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Ahmed. iPhone

A force for good in the world??
The force only defends Europe and the interests of America, but the Arabs and others do not
God suffices for everyone who stood with Ukraine
I feared, Apple started defending them and hurting Russia 💔💔

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comment

God bless Tim Cook. good decision. And may God protect Ukraine

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Ali Mahad

With my hatred for the Russian regime, but I hope that Russia will stick their noses in the dirt and humiliate Europe and America who have begun to publicly spread homosexuality and try to legalize it globally

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Abdullah Al-Nabali

I wish you had cut him off from the Jewish people
Being the biggest occupier in the world and their associates
Oh God, a force that salutes the struggling Arab and Palestinian people
All peoples stand with the Jews and the conspiratorial American government
Oh God, I ask you for kindness to us

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Mohamed Al-Masry

If America took the place of Russia, would it have taken the same measures?

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    Ahmed. iPhone

    No way

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Abu Ryan 💞

Your brother is forced not a hero

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Walid

I am very surprised that readers are surprised by the positions of Apple and the West in general. The process is very simple: Arabs have no real value to the West except to the extent of the interest that the West derives from them, and this appeared in many crises that took place in the near and distant past, as a video spread of an American broadcaster asking the reporter in Poland about the reason why in two days they accepted XNUMX Ukrainian refugees, while in XNUMX the Poles were refusing entry to Syrian refugees, and the reporter replied: Yes, it is true, the difference is that the Ukrainians are white and Christians!?
Yes, gentlemen, this is the anchor of the Persians, they look at us with racism, inferiority and sectarianism, their Lord is the dollar, and the interest that comes from us only, so dealing with them must be based on that.

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Yahya Azbi

God damn this company

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helmy adel

Here us pause
Now we must pay attention to what is more dangerous than Western bias and thought, or what Russia or America is doing.
Let's look at what Apple can do and control our path, not only Apple, but all technology companies, lock electronic payment and disable maps and communication, and we now rely heavily on this technology, so they can now control the course of our lives.

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Suleiman Mohammed

The apple sided or not. This is the Western mood regarding the crisis in the Ukrainian war. This is a political lesson as well. The value of man in this world is not his alignment with the West and the East. By God, if we dressed up their whims and regulations, they would not consider us valuable. The lesson is simply not a reproach to an assumed “ally” because we Simply mere “followers” ​​to the west or east, not actors. The historical lesson of this nation is that if it does not rise to an alliance of its own, it will have little value. Arabs and Muslims must know that the global state of weightlessness is a state that simply means the future inability to defend and unite for external dangers, whoever they are It will be from countries and peoples in this region, so a comprehensive and unified rise is necessary to find a place where other nations will not be scorned and counted a thousand accounts for us. Other than that, you are just Middle Eastern and African numbers that do not mean anyone.

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Hi Mo

A very nice decision, Russia is on its way to become, like North Korea, completely isolated and economically destroyed, which is the main reason for supporting Bashar al-Assad, who burned his people

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    Rami

    Bashar preserved the state instead of being ruled by idiots, just as Sisi did by protecting Egypt
    Secondly, Russia has China and India, which make up half of the world's population and a quarter of the Earth's area
    This is not the case for other countries, of course.

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Ben Daoued

Duplicity, by all standards, may God bless you, America, and the West, they are all hypocrites and murderers

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sh al

Wrong and irresponsible decision
May God not bless Apple. If it claims to demand peace in the world, where is it from the State of Palestine and its oppressed people??? Where is it from the rest of the Arab and Islamic countries that have tasted the horrors of killing, looting, theft, injustice and displacement??? Rather, it is support for Jews like them. God is sufficient for us, and He is the best Disposer of affairs.

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SAEED ALGDANI

I love Apple products, but I hate their political orientation and support for homosexuals

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BR19

And Syria has been bombed by Russia for years, and the “West” did not take any reaction 🤷🏻 ♂️, God suffices us and He is the best agent

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Abu Khaled

Is not God's curse on the unbelievers?

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Abdullah Salahuddin

Honestly, if in Russia's place, the world hit XNUMX nuclear bombs from Europe to America, a ruined ruin, let it be ruined 😂

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Abu news

Although my full sympathy is with the citizens of Ukraine, this double standard is too much.

As the above brothers prefer, the Palestinians have been suffering both for more than XNUMX years, and the world is watching in silence.
Iraq has been systematically destroyed, nothing remains of it, and everyone is watching while they are silent.
Syria was destroyed by multilateral interventions, as if nothing had happened.
The children and women of Yemen are being annihilated every day without mercy, as if nothing had happened.

It hurts to watch how there is more precious blood than blood.
The cry of the oppressed remains the strongest and most influential in the scales of the Lord of the worlds.

Apple will itself be affected by this boycott. Wait for the price of Apple devices and services to rise.

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stalin

Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan is not, and Ukraine is not?

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AL FARES

We pray to God that the truth be returned to his companions, and that God helps the oppressed, and I hope that justice will be achieved on earth and that the power of humanity will not be handed over to an oppressor or a racist.

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mid0adel

Palestine is not a usurper, the same as Ukraine, apple

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ahmad

oh shame
You fell out of my eyes, apple

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