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by kgeist 1345 days ago
None of Google's services are banned in Russia.
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Not yet but Google doesn't seem to cooperate with the Russian government either.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-is-fined-390-mln-r...

Google's given up on business there but still puts their sites out there (as they should).

With Apple leaving Russia and removing government-affiliated apps from App Store with no way to side-load them, the only other option is Android now and blocking Google completely will probably render most smartphones useless, as most Android phones rely on Google services to function. I think that's why it's not banned yet.