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Apple Stops Sales in Russia Over Plummeting Rouble Value - News

by William D'Angelo , posted on 17 December 2014 / 3,677 Views

Apple has decided to stop selling its products online in Russia, due to the plummeting value of the Rouble. Apple is also closing its Russian website. Last month Apple had increased the prices of their products by 25 percent to bring it inline with the rest of Europe.

The Rouble has dropped in value by 20 percent in the last week alone and Russia's central bank has spent $2 billion in the last week to help stop the slide. However, the falling price of oil and the sanctions imposed due to the Ukraine crisis has been causing the constant slide in value.

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A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. Outside, in the real world, he has a passion for the outdoors which includes everything from hiking to having received his B.A. in Environmental Studies. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.


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3 Comments
Goatseye (on 18 December 2014)

Yet the masses will suffer the most. Not because of luxury items but everything malefic that comes with the economic recession.

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nanarchy Goatseye (on 18 December 2014)

yep. my wife is back there at the moment, the amusing part is the sanctions have almost zero effect on the people they targeted with them but they do affect the little people, had to get my wife to open a new account with a different Russian bank for money transfers, irritating but manageable for us, those with a lot less it could be a significant impact. The oil price is absolutely slamming the economy though.

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Ruler Goatseye (on 18 December 2014)

Where is russia in recession it grew 0.7% last quarter? Pretty normal for europe these days.
Also it just shows that apple doesnt care about the people only about money. You dont see chinese shutting down their websites.

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