An aide to the jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said the tactical voting tool was removed on Friday, as Russia's three-day parliamentary election begins.
The software had raised the ire of the authorities, who accused the tech giants of meddling in internal Russian affairs and pointed to its link to FBK.
Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny pictured at a rally in July 2020. His organization FBK has been outlawed as"extremist."Independent Russian media outlets have also reported the removal of the app. Meduza said it remained available to users outside Russia. However, according to.
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