Russia

The  Russian Federation 🇷🇺 (Russian: Российской Федерации), also known simply as Russia (Russian: Россия), is an intercontinental country spanning and. The capital and largest city is.

Statistics
The land area of Russia is 6,612,073 square miles (17,125,191 km2), making it the. As of July 2021, the population is estimated to be 142.3 million, making it the in the world.

Apple in Russia
Apple's iPhones have the 3rd largest market share among smartphone brands in Russia as of the 3rd quarter of 2021. In 2019, Apple complied with Russian demands to show as part of Russia when Apple Maps is used within the country.

Apple does not operate any physical retail stores in Russia and distributes its products through local retailers. Apple also operates a Russian-language online store, though it has been known to suspend sales during past crises of. In July 2021, a law took effect requiring technology companies doing business in Russia with over 500,000 daily users, such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and Twitter, to increase their physical presence within the country before the end of the year.

On February 25, 2022, Apple Pay operations in Russia were suspended due to international sanctions that were imposed because of the. On March 1, Apple confirmed that it had stopped all product sales in Russia.