Russia is the most sanctioned country in the world. Youtube is blocked in Russia. Moscow court fines Google in $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. Google allows MAX, a Russian state surveillance app, on the Play Store. Irony?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ru.oneme.app&hl=en-US
My Russian friends keep telling me about the services that are being banned. I tried to install MAX surveillance app but it doesn't work in New Zealand. Needs a russian or Belarusian number 😭
Never mind, at least VK is reliable.
BTW this is not the first time that American tech companies helped an "authoritarian" country. I bet all the Chinese apps are allowed too.