Apple and Google under pressure from Russia to remove Alexei Navalny’s app

Google and Facebook are under pressure to remove an app promoted by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

Apple and Google have been warned by Russia’s state communications watchdog that they could face fines over an app created by allies of jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

The agency, Roskomnadzor, said their failure to remove Mr Navalny’s app from their stores could be seen as interference in Russian elections.