It seems to be Apple's standard MO to comply with local regulations regardless of market size. They've complied with Russian demands[0,1] and it looks like Apple Rus accounts for something like 2.6% of Apple's revenue, a fraction that Apple could probably do without.

From a recent interview[2] with Tim Cook:

>"World peace through world trade," Cook said, adding that operating in foreign countries means Apple has to "acknowledge that there are different laws in other markets."

0: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/09/apple-and-google...

1: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50573069

2: https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-china-tim-cook-respons...