Apple removed our application from the Russian AppStore due to a request from the authorities. Our statement.

On July 4, 2024, we received a notification from Apple that the Red Shield VPN application had been removed from the Russian App Store.

In the notification, Apple refers to Roskomnadzor's request to remove the app and claims that our app "solicits, promotes, or encourages criminal or clearly reckless behavior."

We are deeply convinced that our application has the mission of providing free access to information and improving the world.
Apple's actions, motivated by a desire to retain revenue from the Russian market, actively support an authoritarian regime. This is not just reckless but a crime against civil society.
The fact that a corporation with a capitalization larger than Russia's GDP helps support authoritarianism says a lot about the moral principles of that corporation.

Red Shield VPN has been subject to blocking attempts by Russian authorities since 2018. We challenged the blocking in Russian courts, and, as expected, lost in all instances. Subsequently, we filed a claim with the ECHR, which is still under consideration.
Since then, over the past six years, Russian authorities have blocked thousands of Red Shield VPN nodes but have been unable to prevent Russian users from accessing them.
Apple, however, has done this job much more effectively for them.

We continue our fight for free access to information, including for Russian society.