According to Kommersant, citing sources in the Vedomosti newspaper, preparations for the move began in the spring.
Around the same time, the corporation's top employees moved to Dubai and London.
According to the publication, Google also offered staff transfers to other countries, but many employees refused due to the climate and distance of the move.
According to Izvestia, the price of the iPhone in Russia fell by 30% in a month.
At the end of April, Russian users filed a lawsuit against Apple for 90 million rubles due to the termination of the Apple Pay payment service in Russia.