Russian watchdog tells Google, Apple to remove Navalny app: report

Last updated on: 20 August,2021 08:15 pm

Russian watchdog tells Google, Apple to remove Navalny app: report

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has demanded that Alphabet s Google and Apple (AAPL.O) remove Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny s app from their stores, Interfax news agency quoted the watchdog as saying on Friday.

Roskomnadzor cited a Russian court ruling that found jailed Navalny s anti-corruption foundation an extremist organisation and banned it. Navalny s allies have published news and blogs through the app after Roskomnadzor blocked their websites.