The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Russia has officially confirmed that from July 17, its employees will be prohibited from using iPhone smartphones of the American company Apple for business correspondence. DEA News.
“Yes, there was an order. There the wording is as follows: for business purposes. The First Deputy Head of the Department, Vasily Osmakov, said, “The ban on iPhone correspondence between sessions of the Innoprom-2023 industrial exhibition.” According to him, the ban comes into effect on 17 July.
About such plans in early July knowledgeable newspaper “Vedomosti”. According to the publication, the ban will also affect employees of subsidiaries.
The newspaper referred to an internal order signed by First Deputy Minister Vasily Osmakov. Information on the internal ban of the Ministry of Industry and Trade was confirmed to journalists by an employee of one of the companies developing IT solutions.
Press Secretary of Russian President Dmitry Peskov in June declarationthat employees of the presidential administration are prohibited from using Apple devices for official purposes.
Previously at the Ministry of Industry and Trade saidWhether iPhone should be excluded from parallel import.