"Steve Jobs and his company Apple - Get out of Russia!" - St. Petersburg just

Monument to Steve Jobs as a giant iPhone, standing in Technopark Research University of Information Technologies in St. Petersburg, was dismantled after claiming Apple CEO Tim Cook about his sexual orientation, the website of the radio station "Business-FM». The monument was erected on the initiative of holding "Western European fiscal union" (ZEFS) in January 2013. 

Press office ZEFS explains dismantling the monument for two reasons: the execution of the law banning propaganda of homosexuality among minors, as well as a former employee exposures US National Security Agency (NSA) Edward Snowden, under which Apple products transmits data about its users the American intelligence services. 

The monument was fitted with interactive touch screen that provides information about the founder of Apple. On the back side of the monument was placed QR-code, leading to dedicated Jobs website. Chapter ZEFS Maxim Dolgopolov said he would not rule out re-installation of the monument with the proviso that the giant machine can send a message to the United States to waive devices Apple. 

Dolgopolov said that establishing the monument in 2013, the initiators of "bought" in the legend of the genius programmer and did not suspect that the success story of Apple was "a front for the NSA US special operations." He urged owners to switch to Apple technology products of other companies, not seen in the surveillance of users, and not to indulge "aggressive policy of the USA and its intelligence services." In Western European fiscal union believe that statement Tim Cook is due to the positioning of the iPhone and the identity politics of the company. 

Monument to founder of Apple Steve Jobs Project petersburger Gleb Tarasova "Sunny QR-code" was installed in Technopark ITMO in January 2013. The opening ceremony of multimedia memorial was attended by representatives of the city administration and associate Timothy Jobs Dion.

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