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Russian officials buy four times more iPhones after ban

Despite an official ban on Russian government workers using the iPhone, an unreliable report says that sales have risen dramatically.

Moscow at night — image credit: Evgenit/Pixabay

It was in 2023 that Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) tried banning government staff from using iPhones. Purportedly, it was because the FSB believed the US was using the iPhone for eavesdropping.

Now according to Reuters, local Russian sources are saying the ban rather failed. While the figures have yet to be confirmed by any other source, the Vedomosti business daily claims that purchases of iPhones from January 2024 to September would four times higher year over year.

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