The Russian tech company is asking Apple to restore its apps to the App Store.
Russian tech company VK has filed a lawsuit against Apple with the Moscow Arbitration Court, according to the court records. The lawsuit was registered on Aug. 19 and is being heard by a court of first instance.
“Apple unilaterally removed VK apps from the App Store without prior notice. In its lawsuit, VK is asking Apple to restore the company’s apps to the App Store, reinstate users’ ability to receive notifications from the apps, and pay a penalty if the court’s ruling is not complied with,”
VK’s press service told RBC.
At the end of June, Apple removed VK’s apps from the App Store. The affected apps included VKontakte, VK Music, VK Messenger, VK Video, VK Dating, VK Calls, Zen, Odnoklassniki, Mail Cloud, Mail, Skillbox, Youla and others.
Apple said the removals were made “in compliance with sanctions rules.” VK responded at the time that the company had never been under sanctions or appeared on any sanctions lists.
Earlier, Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) issued a warning to Apple over what it called “discriminatory conditions for Russian search engines.” The regulator also cited Apple’s failure to comply with Russian legislation requiring certain Russian apps to be pre-installed on iOS devices.
Source: RBC
