A "Minister" said that Facebook and Apple recognized the "DPR"

The so-called "Minister of Communications of the DPR" Viktor Yatsenko said that Facebook recognized the mobile operator of the militants, called Phoenix. The "minister" said this in an interview to Komsomolskaya pravda.The Crimea.

"Facebook, for example, recognized our Phoenix and arranged SMS-gateway, and our Facebook users get SMS from the social network on their Phoenix numbers", - he said.

In addition, Yatsenko claims that the American corporation Apple, the manufacturer of personal and tablet computers, audio players, smartphones and software, "slightly compromised its principles".

"It's easy to shop at their company store. Apple defines the DPR as Russia", - he said.

At the same time, it is noted that "Russian mobile operators do not rush to the market" because of the sanctions.