Security News > 2022 > May > Dell, Apple, Netflix face lawsuits for pulling services out of Russia
A Moscow Arbitration Court has reportedly seized almost $11 million belonging to Dell LLC after the company failed to provide paid-for services to a local system integrator.
IT systems integrator Talmer sued Dell early last month when the American computer giant declined to provide technical support services for VMware as previously agreed.
Dell is the representative of VMware in Russia and was reselling these services until March 1, 2022.
The Moscow-based firm had reportedly paid Dell for these services beforehand, but since they never got them, this was a breach of the service terms.
The sanctions imposed against Russia by the Western world and the public sentiment forced companies like Dell and VMware to curtail their operations.
The lawsuit claims that Apple unilaterally pulled its payment service from the country, Apple Pay, depriving Russian iOS users of a feature that was marketed to them and which they expected to enjoy indefinitely when they bought their iPhones.