We will remind, earlier the company already commented on the fact of removal, stating that the reason for this was the sanctions of Great Britain. Apple representative Adam Dema said that VK apps are distributed by a company where most of the admins and owners are restricted. As a result, the developer’s account was shut down and the apps were removed from the worldwide store.

A new old statement

Now the company has once again repeated the familiar reason. According to the developer apple, It ignored “multiple requests” to provide documents that could prove it wasn’t subject to UK sanctions.

However, the required documentation seemed to be provided after uninstalling the apps, so they were all restored to the App Store.

After uninstalling the app, the developer provided all the necessary information to verify that the controlling stake is not owned or controlled by a sanctioned entity. So the apps have been restored to the App Store,
– said apple.

We will remind you that in response to the fictitious “referendums”, the British government sanctioned 23 directors of Gazprombank, which, together with Gazprom-media (owner of VK and Mail.ru), is part of the Gazprom holding. At the same time, Vladimir Kiriyenko, head of VK close to Putin, has been under US sanctions since February 2022. This, as it turned out, is not enough to expand the restrictions for VK. App store.