Apple's highly coveted iPhone 17s have gone on sale in Moscow - despite the major US tech company banning sales in Russia following the Ukraine war.
Since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Apple suspended sales of its products in Russia. They also removed apps for Russia's state-owned media outlets like RT News and Sputnik news from its app store outside the country.
But a Russian government 'parallel imports' scheme allows various products like Apple's smartphones to be imported through third countries without the copyright holder's permission.
The iPhones typically move through countries that have not imposed sanctions on Russia, such as Turkey, Kazakhstan, China, India and the United Arab Emirates.
As a result, 1.1million US dollars were imported to Russia in the first half of 2023, it has been reported.
