Other apps owned by the Russian firm Vkontakte are also being removed following the EU’s sanctions on the firm on Tuesday.

The listings include the company VK, which owns the social media website VKontakte, its daughter company Communication Platform LLC, which developed Max, and the latter's head,…

VKontakte and its daughter company Communication Platform LLC are added to the sanctions list for their role in developing and managing MaxApp for Russian smartphones, under the…