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The Kremlin-backed state messenger Max has disappeared from the Apple App Store. In April, Cloudflare flagged the Max domain as spyware. Journalists describe Max as a personal asset of Putin's family, pointing to ownership structures linked to oligarchs Yury Kovalchuk and Mikhail Shelomov.

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