Google has blocked apps connected to RT and Sputnik from its European Play Store in response to the escalating Ukraine crisis, the company said.
. Google previously blocked downloads of the RT app within Ukraine.
Banning the two apps brings the company's European app store policy in line with Google-owned YouTube's, which announced on Tuesday that it would block RT and Sputnik channels across Europe. Google also said it was banning Russian state-funded media sites from appearing on Google News.are rapidly updating their policies as international coalitions including the US and EU continue to put pressure on Russia.
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