Apple products, including Vision Pro, still available in Russia despite company’s export ban

Apple products, including the new Vision Pro headset, are readily available in Russian stores despite the company’s ban on exporting products to the country following the start of the Ukraine invasion. 
Peter Aitken for FOXBusiness:
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The official Apple website in Russia remains offline, displaying only an animated Apple logo and a message in Russian saying, “The Apple Store is currently closed,” but business for Apple products continues to boom among third-party retailers. 
Apple did not respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment, but an Apple spokesperson previously had said that the Apple Vision Pro is “only available at Apple Retail stores in the U.S.” 
The device, launched in the U.S. on Feb. 2, has turned up in stores belonging to Russian consumer electronics chain M.Video-Eldorado, according to Reuters. The iPhone 14 and 15 also previously made their way to Russian markets despite Apple’s edict to end sales to the country.
Sergey Romantsev, a Russian tech blogger, told CNBC that the process of getting the product around the sales ban was “nothing complicated.” People buy the product stateside and simply bring it with them on a trip to Russia via Turkey. 

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