Russia Fines Apple $50M For iPhones It Doesn't Sell

Russia is demanding fifty million dollars from Apple over iPhones it doesn't even sell there! Russian regulators want a four billion ruble fine because Apple isn't pre-installing government apps like RuStore on iOS devices. Here's the catch. Apple completely pulled out of Russia back in 2022. Every single new iPhone entering the country gets smuggled in through the black market. Apple literally has zero legal control over these devices before they're bought. Moscow has already blocked FaceTime and cut off App Store payments to squeeze the tech giant. Now they're handing out massive fines for a market Apple abandoned years ago. Good luck collecting that check!