Russians were paying thousands of dollars extra for Apple products just hours after the tech giant halted all sales to the country amid its invasion of Ukraine.
Virtually every Apple product available on popular Russian e-commerce site Yandex was selling for a massive premium on Wednesday, as Russians engaged in an apparent mad dash to buy up the devices before they became completely unavailable.
Russians were paying an eye-watering 562,000 rubles — roughly $5,200 — for 14.2-inch Macbook Pro laptops on the site.Meanwhile, a Muscovite looking to buy a new 64-gigabyte iPad, which sells for $329 in the US, would have to shell out the equivalent of $1,450. And new 256-gigabye iPhone 13s were selling for $1,500 in rubles — compared to $900 in the US. The iPhone 13 mini, which sells for $700 in the US, was going for $1,100 in Russia.
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