Apple removes Yandex Pay from App Store
The Russian payment service app vanishes from Apple's platform amid sanctions on Yandex Bank.
What to know
- Yandex Pay, a Russian digital wallet and payment service, has been removed from Apple's App Store globally, with the Russian removal announced on August 12.
- The app issues cards for Yandex Bank, which is under sanctions from the EU (since 2025) and UK (since June 2026).
- Apple has not publicly explained the removal, but has recently delisted other apps tied to sanctioned Russian entities.
“Yandex Pay is gone from the Russian App Store too, Yandex says — months after it disappeared abroad in July. The app issues cards for Yandex Bank, sanctioned by the EU since 2025 and the UK since June 2026.”
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Yandex Pay has disappeared from Apple's App Store. https:// meduza.io/en/news/2026/08/12/y andex-pay-removed-from-app-store
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🇷🇺 Major Russian digital wallet and payment service # Yandex Pay said Wednesday that its application had been removed from # Apple ’s App Store. https://www. themoscowtimes.com/2026/08/12/ apple-removes-yandexs-payment-service-app-a93464 # russia