Russia Seeks Removal Of Alexei Navalny's App From Apple, Google App Stores

Russian communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has ordered Alphabet Inc's GOOG GOOGL Google and Apple Inc AAPL remove Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's app from their stores, Reuters reports based on Interfax news.
The order followed a Russian court ruling rendering Navalny's anti-corruption foundation an extremist organization and banned it.
Navalny's allies have published news and blogs through the app after Roskomnadzor blocked their websites.
Russia had previously charged Twitter Inc TWTR, Alphabet, and Facebook Inc FB for retaining illegal posts.
Google is also a defendant in another lawsuit involving Russia's Tsargrad TV.
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