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Apple removes Russian digital ID app Max from its stores citing sanctions

Jun 5, 2026, 12:11 pm EDT

Apple has removed Russian state-backed messaging and digital ID platform Max from its official App Store, affecting more than 20…

Jun 10, 2024, 1:43 pm EDT

Amazon has supplied facial recognition technology to Russia despite UK sanctions on the country imposed after it invaded Ukraine, a…

May 20, 2022, 4:19 pm EDT

Western nations’ sanctions on Russia have forced that country’s biggest lender to dump dozens of investments, including biometrics firms, in…

Feb 24, 2026, 6:40 am EST

Russians have verified their age more than 1 million times using the state-backed “super app” Max, which includes a digital…

Jan 29, 2025, 9:20 am EST

Russian authorities say they will build the country’s first fully biometric terminal at Sochi international airport. The project will be…

Apr 1, 2024, 1:41 pm EDT

The Kremlin is spending millions of dollars on facial recognition-powered surveillance that can track its citizens. A new cache of…

Apr 10, 2023, 3:40 pm EDT

Russian biometric company VisionLabs is entering the Vietnamese market, Russian news agency Tass reports. The company presented its technology at…

Mar 29, 2023, 5:59 pm EDT

What remained of the right to protest and express political opinions in Russia appears to be a casualty of the…

Mar 10, 2023, 4:25 pm EST

Trade embargoes can be good for business or bad, but they are always great for blockade runners. Just ask Han…

Dec 13, 2022, 3:23 pm EST

Belarusian biometrics company Synesis is getting its day in court. According to Intelligence Online, the firm will get a hearing…