Russia

The Russian Federation 🇷🇺 (Russian: Российской Федерации), also known simply as Russia (Russian: Россия), is an intercontinental country spanning and . The capital and largest city is .
==Statistics==
The land area of Russia is 6,612,073 square miles (17,125,191 km2), making it the . As of July 2021, the population was estimated to be 142.3 million, making it the in the world at the time.
==Apple in Russia==
Apple does not directly operate any physical retail stores in Russia and distributes its products through local retailers. Apple also operates a Russian-language online store, though it has been known to suspend sales during past crises of .pple closes Russian website because of rouble crisis by Jennifer Rankin, The Guardian. 2014-12-17. The largest reseller of Apple products in Russia is .Russia's biggest Apple premium reseller closes stores by Stephen Warwick, iMore. 2022-03-02. On March 2, 2022, re:Store briefly closed as Apple suspended operations in Russia, and re-opened the following day with price increases of about 50% due to the plummeting value of the .Apple premium reseller reopens in Russia ahead of March Apple event, prices up 50% by Stephen Warwick, iMore. 2022-03-03. The intervened to prop up of the ruble.How Russia’s Central Bank Engineered the Ruble’s Rebound by Caitlin Ostroff, The Wall Street Journal. 2022-03-28. After the passed legislation on June 7, 2022 to remove restrictions on ing into the , prices have since stabilized.Will sanctions prevent Apple products from reaching the Russian market?, TRT World. 2022-06-09.
Apple's iPhones had the 3rd largest market share among smartphone brands in Russia as of the 3rd quarter of 2021.Apple’s iPhone is Russia’s third most popular smartphone brand by Dennis Sellers, AppleWorld.Today. 2021-12-20. In 2019, Apple complied with Russian government demands to show as part of Russia when Apple Maps is used within the country.Apple changes Crimea map to meet Russian demands, BBC, 2019-11-27 In July 2021, a law took effect requiring technology companies doing business in Russia with over 500,000 daily users, such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, to increase their physical presence within the country before the end of the year.Moscow tells 13 mostly U.S. tech firms they must set up in Russia by 2022 by Alexander Marrow and Gleb Stolyarov, Reuters. 2021-11-23. Later in the year, Apple introduced versions of the iPhone 13 series localized specifically for Russian carriers, which are also compatible with systems in , , , , and possibly other international carriers.Apple iPhone 13 (Russia/A2635) 128, 256, 512 GB Specs, Everyi. Accessed 2022-09-22. The 3rd-generation iPhone SE remains a popular model in Russia, as it has been possible to units through Kazakhstan, which uses the same carrier system as Russia. It may also be possible to parallel import localized versions of the iPhone 14 series for the in this manner, though Apple has yet to officially release the newer models into those regions.Apple pulled out of Russia in March, but Russians can still buy the new iPhone 14 — here's how by Hullen Tan, Business Insider. 2022-09-08.Apple iPhone 14 (Russia/A2883) 128, 256, 512 GB Specs, Everyi. Accessed 2022-09-22. 
On February 25, 2022, Apple Pay operations in Russia were suspended due to international sanctions that were imposed because of the of Ukraine.Apple Pay payments suspended in Russia with local banks hit by sanctions by Filipe Espósito, 9to5Mac. 2022-02-25. On March 1, Apple confirmed that it had stopped all product sales in Russia. The and apps were also pulled from Apple's App Store in all markets outside of Russia.Apple halts product sales in Russia by Kif Leswing, CNBC. 2022-03-01. On March 9, all App Store purchases and online payment services reportedly stopped functioning.App Store purchases may have been turned off in Russia by William Gallagher, AppleInsider. 2022-03-10. Google also suspended payment functionality for Android users in Russia, though free apps continued to be available.Google is pausing Play Store payments for users in Russia — here’s why by Babu Mohan. 2022-03-10. Google continued operations in Russia until its assets and bank accounts there were seized by the Russian government, forcing its Russian subsidiary to declare bankruptcy.Google Russia forced to declare bankruptcy after bank account seizure by Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica. 2022-05-18.
In March 2023, the administration of Russian president ordered government officials to stop using iPhones ahead of the 2024 elections.Kremlin tells officials to stop using iPhones – Kommersant newspaper by Reuters, FX Empire. 2023-03-20.
==References==
==External links==
*Official Russia government website
*Russia at OECD
*Apple Store online (RU) at Apple
*Apple вики at Fandom (Russian)
*iPhones.ru news about Apple products in Russia
*The Soviet Adventures Of Steve Jobs, by Carl Schreck, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 2016-04-01
*Atlas of Russia at Wikimedia Commons
* at Wikipedia