Apple defies Russian threats: Restores Smart Voting app to the local App Store

Apple has defied Russian threats and restored to the App Store the Smart Voting app it removed in September. The app was created by jailed opposition leader and anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny, in order to help strategic voting against Putin. In September of last year, Russian agents had threatened to imprison both Apple and Google staff unless the app was removed within 24 hours - including a particularly chilling threat against Google's top exec in Moscow ... more... The post Apple d...