“The representatives of the companies could not explain their position.

Colleagues who represented Apple could not explain the motives for the actions, ignore the requirements of the General Prosecutor's Office and Roskomnadzor, ”he told reporters, quoted by TASS.

Subbotin also noted that the Google representative did not have a power of attorney, so he was not asked any questions.

Earlier, representatives of Google and Apple were invited to a meeting of the Federation Council Commission on Sovereignty on September 16 in connection with interference in the elections in Russia.

The head of the commission for the protection of state sovereignty, Andrei Klimov, recalled that the actions of Apple and Google during the elections in Russia are considered by the Federation Council as interference in internal affairs.

At the same time, Google representative Alexander Monin, answering the question of whether the company is ready to agree with the claims made against it, said that the company "does not take any political side and respects the laws of all countries in which it offers its services."