By news@appleinsider.com (William Gallagher) Apple has caved to pressure from Russian authorities and removed a number of the best iPhone VPN apps from the App Store in the country.Moscow at night (Credit: Evgenit/Pixabay)Apple’s App Store team has been notifying VPN developers that their apps are being removed “per demand from Roskomnadzor.” This the state media watchdog that previously forced both Apple and Google to remove a political app backed by the leader of the country’s opposition.According to the Moscow Times, the Roskomnadzor regulator based its demand on how the apps include “content that is illegal in Russia.” It also reports that this demand to remove mobile apps follows the regulator’s increasing blocking of VPN services. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums

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