Russian watchdog tells Google, Apple to remove Navalny app – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian communications watchdog Roskomnadzor has demanded that Alphabet’s Google and Apple remove Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s app from their outlets, Interfax info firm quoted the watchdog as saying on Friday.
Roskomnadzor cited a Russian courtroom docket ruling that found jailed Navalny’s anti-corruption foundation an extremist organisation and banned it. Navalny’s allies have revealed info and blogs by means of the app after Roskomnadzor blocked their web pages.
(Reporting by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Alison Williams)
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