Kremlin bans iPhones for officials and diplomats.

Russian officials close to the presidential administration were reportedly advised to replace their iPhones with phones built on other smartphone software, such as Android, Chinese counterparts, or Aurora, an operating system developed by the Russian company Open Mobile Platform, due to information-security concerns ahead of the presidential election. The officials were reportedly told to get rid of their iPhones by April 1. Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters that "smartphones should not be used for official business."