At the beginning of last year, Russia’s invasion attempt against Ukraine turned the balances all over the world upside down. Of course, when this was the case, the ties with the USA were quite tense. The USA, which has been implementing sanctions since then, added a new one to this list.
USA bans the export of smartphones worth more than $ 300 to Russia
The US Department of Commerce has updated its list of supply restrictions applied to Russia and Belarus. The regulation on technological products drew attention in the list. According to the regulation, smartphones worth more than $ 300 will not be exported to Russia.
On the other hand, export restrictions were imposed on many products on the list, such as air conditioners and refrigerators costing more than $750, and dishwashers, electronic scales, vacuum cleaners, microwave ovens, coffee machines and TVs costing more than $100.
apple, Samsung, Huawei And Sony Many technology companies, such as Russia, are among the companies that impose sanctions on Russia. Xiaomi, one of the important names in the smartphone world, was also on this list. However, according to the news that came out recently, the company wants to return to the Russian market, which is an important source of income.
Struggling with embargoes, Russia announced that it started to produce its own processor technologies towards the end of last year. With the withdrawal of Intel and AMD from the market, some Russian companies are working hard.