Fast Company:

In November 2019, Russian parliament passed what’s become known as the “law against Apple.” The legislation will require all smartphone devices to preload a host of applications that may provide the Russian government with a glut of information about its citizens, including their location, finances, and private communications.

I don’t think Apple has a “Putin problem” at all. To harvest that promised glut of data, the legislation’s required bloatware spans from a state-regulated instant withdrawal casino for overseeing financial flows to domestic mapping utilities and sanctioned messaging clients. The company won’t accede to this demand and will pull out of the Russian market. No problem. If this happened with China, then they’d have a real problem.