Apple Pay and Google Pay no longer work in Russia. With this action, the companies of Manzana and Google enter the list of companies that impose sanctions against Russia after the country decided to invade Ukraine, which caused the rejection and disapproval of several brands.
The services have been discontinued in all banks where it is integrated as a means of payment: VTB Group, Sovcombank, Novikombank, Promsvyazbank and Otkritie.
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Both brands showed their position regarding the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Photo: stationeryandart
It should be noted that physical debit and credit cards also stopped working with the service. Payments with them have returned to the way they were 10 years ago, when these means did not exist.
The result of all this is that customers can no longer use the card issued by the Russian banks affected by the sanctions with the payment systems based on the US technology giants.
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“I am very worried about the situation in Ukraine. We are doing everything we can for our teams there and will support with humanitarian efforts. I keep in mind the people who are in danger right now and I join all those who ask for peace, “said Tim Cook, CEO of Apple.
At the same time, the deputy prime minister of Ukraine asked Apple to take the company one step further and prevent all sales of equipment and access to the App Store in Russia.