--- title: 1.3k apps from Russia delisted from Google app store in early 2022 description: 1,282 mobile apps from Russia were delisted in the first two months of 2022 from Google Play Store. Read the blog to find more and download the full list. image: https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/1%2c300%20Apps%20From%20Russia%20Delisted%20from%20Google%20Play%20Store%20January%20and%20February%202022%20.png --- [![pixalate-full-logo](https://www.pixalate.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Pixalate_Logos/pixalate-full-logo.jpg?width=150&height=60&name=pixalate-full-logo.jpg "pixalate-full-logo")](https://www.pixalate.com) Search **Menu** ** ** ![](https://www.pixalate.com/hubfs/Blog_Media/Blog%20photos/pixalate-blog-bg.png) [Mobile](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/mobile) | [Thought Leadership](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/thought-leadership) | [Privacy](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/topic/privacy) | 2 min read # 1,300 apps from Russia delisted from Google Play Store in January and February 2022 Written by [Tyler Loechner](https://www.pixalate.com/blog/author/tyler-loechner) Mar 30, 2022 1:30:00 PM - At least 1,298 apps registered in Russia were delisted (removed) from the Google and Apple mobile app stores in January and February 2022, according to Pixalate’s data - The vast majority of these (1,282) were delisted from the Google Play Store (16 were removed from the Apple App Store) - 16 of the delisted apps had at least 1 million downloads prior to delisting - [Download the full list of 1,298 apps here.](https://www.pixalate.com/apps-russia-delisted-google-play-january-february-2022) [![Download List](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/2364596/c831718c-94e2-443e-ac16-acd88af66d10.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/2364596/c831718c-94e2-443e-ac16-acd88af66d10) ### **1.3k Russian apps delisted from Google and Apple app stores in early 2022** ![delisted russian apps Google Play Store january february 2022](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/H24wVOdT160Z18pQA0XG2sDzb1Xb0FQgXjhjzrYSqtvKLuCOVjOzONXbrsbPvb0pN_mSTlFjzjB-YBamqNQxN7adPIZncWkp7lWYC0OXgc_hUWMw9s_hLIThoznu6AbHkX9Ooc8x) According to Pixalate’s data, 1,298 apps registered in Russia were delisted (removed) from the Google and Apple mobile app stores in January and February 2022. The vast majority of these apps (1,282) were removed from the Google store, while only 16 were removed from the Apple store in the time period observed, per Pixalate. ### **7 apps from OFAC-sanctioned entities were delisted in January and February** [Promsvyazbank and Bank BelVEB — both ](https://www.pixalate.com/sellertrustindex)[sanctioned by the OFAC](https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0602) in February — had a combined 7 apps delisted in February (4 from Promsvyazbank and 3 from Bank BelVEB). The Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) from the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“U.S Treasury”) maintains lists of sanctioned countries, entities and individuals (see their Russian-related designations [here](https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/recent-actions/20220224)). People and companies in the U.S. (including U.S. branches or subsidiaries of foreign entities) doing business overseas must have robust compliance policies and controls in place to ensure they do not transact with any OFAC-sanctioned countries, entities or individuals. For Russian companies, much of the financial industry is sanctioned currently in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. ### **16 of the delisted Russian apps had at least 1 million downloads** Here are the most popular apps from Russia that were delisted from the Google Play Store, based on minimum download numbers as provided by Google: ![popular delisted russia apps google play store 2022](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_-gwkB7hpHsztNjyM6zmTk9AEO2KGFMRC1saBP_oWXl8BHREpLtCm25DIEkALGzHv7C8aC8Epq22TH_Gdeesb8EYAQVzOe_r26UA6JelvGhdKjzTNYd2T6za_WUSC0cx3fCFSrVl) [Download the full list of 1,298 apps from Russia that were delisted in January and February 2022 here.](https://www.pixalate.com/apps-russia-delisted-google-play-january-february-2022) ### **Disclaimer** Apps can be delisted for a variety of reasons, and Pixalate is neither asserting nor assigning a reason for any delisting actions. Additionally, the initiator of the delisting is not generally publicly-available information, so it is often not possible to know whether the removal was triggered by the app store or the developer. Pixalate is sharing this data not to impugn the standing or reputation of any entity, person or app, but, instead, to report facts as they pertain to delisted Android and iOS apps. The data in this post also only includes information about apps for which country of registry was published and identifiable by Pixalate within the Google and/or Apple app stores. Additional apps from these countries may have been delisted but not included in this research if their country of registry was not listed or discerned to be from Russia. 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