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Kremlin tells officials to stop using iPhones - Kommersant newspaper

FILE PHOTO-Russia's First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Office Sergei Kiriyenko attends a meeting in Krasnogorsk outside Moscow, Russia January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

The Kremlin told officials involved in preparations for Russia's 2024 presidential election to stop using Apple iPhones because of concerns that the devices are vulnerable to Western intelligence agencies, the Kommersant newspaper reported.

At a Kremlin-organised seminar for officials involved in domestic politics, Sergei Kiriyenko, first deputy head of the presidential administration, told officials to change their phones by April 1, Kommersant said, citing unidentified sources.

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