VK Music

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VK Music is a music application owned by VK, a Russian social media platform. In June 2024, Apple removed several VK applications from its Russian App Store, including VK Music, along with other services like VK Video, VK Messenger, and VK Dating. The removal occurred alongside the deletion of apps from competitors such as 'Dzen' and 'Odnoklassniki', leading to speculation about potential government influence or regulatory action. Despite being removed from the App Store, these applications were still functional on devices where they had been previously installed.

Recent coverage

• «Odnoklassniki» and Mail.ru disappear from Google Play — Коммерсантъ
• VK and MAX apps removed from Google Play — Вечерняя Москва
• EU imposes sanctions against VK — Вечерняя Москва
• Online Services Warn Russians About Login Disruption via Apple and Google — Вечерняя Москва
• Russian Parliament Calls for Retaliatory Measures Against Apple Over Removal of Russian Apps — Вечерняя Москва
• Analyst Murtazin: Russian companies invested about 100 billion rubles in iPhones — Вечерняя Москва
• Moscow court fines Apple 500,000 rubles — Коммерсантъ
• Could iPhones disappear from Russia: Expert's forecast — Вечерняя Москва
• Russia's Ministry of Digital Development Calls VK's Removal from App Store a 'Politically Motivated Decision' — Вечерняя Москва
• Peskov: Russian authorities will contact Apple regarding the removal of VK from the App Store — Коммерсантъ
• Ministry of Digital Affairs drew the Federal Antimonopoly Service's attention to Apple's non-compliance with Russian laws — Коммерсантъ
• Main VKontakte app removed from AppStore — Вечерняя Москва
• VK stopped sending notifications on iPhone after removing the app from the App Store — Вечерняя Москва
• VK reports removal of company apps from App Store — Коммерсантъ
• Apps 'Odnoklassniki', 'Zen', VK Video, and VK Music Disappear from App Store — Вечерняя Москва