Apple has announced that payment processing is no longer available for purchases made on the App Store or other Apple Media Services in Russia.
New purchases, including in-app purchases and subscription renewals, are no longer available in Russia unless you have funds in your Apple Account balance. This includes:
Apple Arcade
Apple Fitness+
Apple Music
Apple Podcasts subscriptions
Apple One
App Store purchases and subscriptions
Apple TV purchases and subscriptions
iTunes Store purchases
iCloud+
Ringtone & Tone purchases
Apple says if you have funds in your Apple Account balance, you can continue to make purchases and renew subscriptions as long as funds are available. You can also redeem any App Store codes that you already have.
The changes are likely due to Apple’s Irish subsidiary being fined £390,000 (about US $516,110) by the UK government for making payments to Okka, a sanctioned Russian streaming platform in 2022, reports MacRumors.
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