Watchdog: Apple opens Russian rep office to comply with law

MOSCOW, Feb 4 (PRIME) -- Apple has opened a representative office in Russia in compliance with the country’s law localizing foreign companies, according to the information on the communications service’s website seen by PRIME on Friday.

The company earlier placed an electronic feedback form for Russian households and companies on its information resource and registered an account on the watchdog’s official website.

Under the law, companies with a daily audience of over 500,000 Russians must open local offices that represent the interests of the head firms entirely and are the main channels of interaction with the country’s authorities.

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