{"id":341094,"date":"2021-09-17T19:39:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T16:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/apple-google-block-kremlin-critic-alexei-navalnys-app\/"},"modified":"2021-09-17T19:39:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T16:39:29","slug":"apple-google-block-kremlin-critic-alexei-navalnys-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/apple-google-block-kremlin-critic-alexei-navalnys-app\/","title":{"rendered":"#Apple, Google block Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny&#8217;s app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, Google block Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny&#8217;s app<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>Apple and Google stand accused of \u201cpolitical censorship\u201d after the companies removed an app created by imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navanly under pressure from the Kremlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The app, which encouraged Russians to strategically vote for opposition candidates that were the most likely to defeat members of Putin\u2019s ruling party, disappeared from the companies\u2019 stores on Friday \u2014 the same day polls opened in the country\u2019s parliamentary elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ivan Zhdanov, a close ally and advisor to Navalny, accused the companies of a \u201cshameful act of political censorship\u201d in a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ioannZH\/status\/1438738677371482126?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\">tweets<\/a> Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRussia\u2019s authoritarian government and propaganda will be thrilled,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Zhdanov also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ioannZH\/status\/1438750081402953728\">shared<\/a> what he said was an email from Apple about the app\u2019s removal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are writing to notify you that your application will be removed from the Russia App Store because it includes content that is illegal in Russia,\u201d Apple reportedly said, adding that Navalny\u2019s group had been deemed an \u201cextremist\u201d group by the Russian government.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-wrapper twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Removing the Navalny app from stores is a shameful act of political censorship.<br \/>Russia&#8217;s authoritarian government and propaganda will be thrilled.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Google?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@google<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Apple?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Apple<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ivan Zhdanov (@ioannZH) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ioannZH\/status\/1438738677371482126?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 17, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Apple and Google did not im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely reply to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Both companies had been under intense pressure from Russian authorities to remove the app in the lead-up to Friday\u2019s elections. The government argued that refusing to do so would be considered foreign interference in Russian elections.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s foreign ministry even went as far as to summon US ambassador John Sullivan over the issue, the Associated Press <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/europe-russia-elections-voting-vladimir-putin-a6e00789816f93b224a69074d3999568\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-84.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Putin\" class=\"wp-image-19489312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-84.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-84.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-84.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Russian President Vladimir Putin\u2019s government had put intense pressure on Apple and Google to ban the app.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alexei Druzhinin\/TASS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And Russian police also visited Google\u2019s offices in Moscow on Monday to enforce a court order to block Navalny\u2019s app, according to the outlet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Navalny has been imprisoned since February, when he returned to Russia from Germany after receiving medical treatment for a poisoning that he has attributed to Vladimir Putin. The US and European Union have also pinned the assassination attempt on Putin, but the Russian leader has denied it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not the first time that Apple and Google have been accused of betraying pro-democracy activists and caving to authoritarian governments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-68.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Navalny app\" class=\"wp-image-19489328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-68.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-68.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-68.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The app encouraged Russians to strategically vote for opposition candidates that were the most likely to defeat members of Vladimir Putin\u2019s ruling party.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2019, Apple removed two apps that pro-democracy protestors in Hong Kong had used to track and dodge police \u2014 just one day after China\u2019s state-run People\u2019s Daily paper accused the company of being \u201can accomplice to the rioters.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Google, meanwhile removed a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>\u00a0from its Chinese Google Play store that had allowed users to play as a Hong Kong protester. The search giant said that \u201cThe Revolution of Our Times\u201d violated its content rules because it depicted \u201csensitive events.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Google app\" class=\"wp-image-19489353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/navalny-67.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The government argued that Apple and Google refusing to remove the app would be considered foreign interference in Russian elections.\u00a0<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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