Только с помощью «переголосования» в Москве у оппозиции скрутили не менее четверти миллиона голосов и отдали их партии власти и ее кандидатам

Miami, FL — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Apple CEO Tim Cook calling them out for bowing to censorship requests from Putin’s regime. Specifically, Rubio highlighted that both tech companies acceded to Moscow’s demand that they take down an app designed to coordinate protest voting in the Russian parliamentary elections from September 17-19, 2021. The app was created by imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny.

In April, following the passage of Georgia’s election integrity law, both companies spoke out regarding voter access. At the time, Cook noted, “Apple believes that, thanks in part to the power of technology, it ought to be easier than ever for every eligible citizen to exercise their right to vote.”

“By bowing to Moscow’s demand, Google and Apple have made themselves complicit in the censorship of an oppressive, authoritarian regime,” Rubio wrote. “You have set a disturbing precedent for both of your companies, and their peers, one with ramifications…