It seems unbelievable that in the XNUMXst century a war as absurd as the one that has begun can be started Putin against Ukraine. Now that it seemed that we had already won the war on the coronavirus, and now another begins against the Russians. Horrible.
And the response to the Russian invasion has not been long in coming worldwide. From all fronts, they are going to try to block Russia from any commercial and economic activity, at least by the European Community and the United States. Apple has also already taken its first step, blocking apple pay on Russian territory.
The Vice President of Ukraine, Mykhailo Fedorov has sent a public letter a Tim Cook requesting that you stop any Apple activity in Russia. This implies the blocking of sales of their devices, and the closure of the App Store in Russian territory.
Apple has already taken its first step in favor of said block, hours before Fedorov's request was published. So far, what he has done is block Apple Pay on Russian territory. It has stopped working with the Russian financial companies that it had been operating: VTB Group, Sovcombank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank and Otkritie.
I've contacted @tim_cook, Apple's CEO, to block the Apple Store for citizens of the Russian Federation, and to support the package of US government sanctions! If you agree to have the president-killer, then you will have to be satisfied with the only available site Russia 24. pic.twitter.com/b5dm78g2vS
- Mykhailo Fedorov (@FedorovMykhailo) February 25, 2022
At the moment, those from Cupertino they have not answered nothing to the request of the Ukrainian vice president, but surely at this time they must be deliberating what the next step to take, to try as much as possible to block services to Russia and that its citizens rise up against the madness of their president Putin to invade Ukraine.
The same thing that Apple has done with Apple Pay, it has also done Google with your Google Pay, and practically at the same time. It is not known for sure, but it is possible that Apple and Google have agreed to take this important step. Maybe in a few days we will know if this has been the case.