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VK has not been targeted with sanctions, despite what the article implies (though with scare quotes). VK's CEO is personally sanctioned due to being an "adult child of someone who had been a Russian government official" (source Reuters[0]), but VK the company is not sanctioned.

This is a shameful unilateral decision by Apple, let there be no ambiguity.

[0]: https://www.reuters.com/article/vk-results-idINL5N2V601G

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>due to being an "adult child of someone who had been a Russian government official" (source Reuters[0]), but VK the company is not sanctioned.

I get the intention behind this rule for applying sanctions, but it still seems unfair to me that the son pays for the sins of the father and can't even atone for him.

VK and such are state-own basically. This guy was appointed because of his father. It is not like he built the company. Pavel Durov, the founder, was basically exiled from Russia years ago.

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