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Russian users report disruptions accessing Apple App Store
Users across Russia have reported problems accessing Apple's App Store, according to data from outage-monitoring service Sboy.rf. The reports coincide with wider communication disruptions noted during ongoing elections. The cause and extent of the disruption have not been officially confirmed.
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The sources disagree.
Each position is reported as its publisher stated it. We do not reconcile them.
2 differing positions reported on attribution across 2 publishers; unresolved.
- meduzaПользователи в России
- theinsв России
2 differing positions reported on status across 2 publishers; unresolved.
- meduzaпожаловались
- theinsСбой произошел
WhereRussia
54.296, 52.741 ±400 km
First reported35 days ago
Published2026-09-20 10:47 UTC
Sources2
How this travelled.
Reports2Independent tellings2
2 independently corroborated tellings.
Corrections and updates
No published correction or update is recorded. This does not reconstruct changes made before correction records were kept.
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Global Event Monitor. Russian users report disruptions accessing Apple App Store. 2026-09-20T10:47:53.584Z. Status: published. urn:global-events-monitor:event:2960. https://global.eventmonitor.net/event/2026-09-20/app-store-09b54a80
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