INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian government officials have been banned from using their iPhones during cabinet meetings and for work purposes amid claims that the
sources.The ban on Apple devices, which applies to deputy prime ministers, ministers and other staff, came after a warning from the Federal
spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that as many as 30% of employees in the Russian presidential administration continued to use iPhones for
campaign were barred from using their iPhones for fear of espionage.The Kremlin's first deputy chief of staff Sergei Kiriyenko also
March.According to Kommersant, the Kremlin believes iPhones are more susceptible to hacking and espionage by Western specialists than other
smartphones.Still, several Russian officials and managers at state-owned enterprises were spotted holding iPhones at this month's St
Petersburg International Economic Forum.
