Google and Apple removed a voting app promoted by supporters of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny from its app stores Friday, the day Russian parliamentary elections begin.
The tech companies removed the Smart Voting app, promoted by supporters of Navalny and designed to provide information to Russian voters as well as messages from Navalny, early Friday morning, according to The New York Times. Russian officials had approached the tech companies Thursday and threatened them with large fines unless they deleted the app, according to Reuters.
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