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

Russian communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, has ordered Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google and Apple Inc (NASDAQ: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 (NASDAQ:TWTR), Alphabet, and Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) for retaining illegal posts.
Google is also a defendant in another lawsuit involving Russia's Tsargrad TV.
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