Apple has reinstated the apps made by the Russian know-how group VK on the App Store, as reported earlier by The Guardian. The firm eliminated the VK-owned social community VKontakte, e mail app Mail.ru, and others final month in response to sanctions the UK placed on the monetary establishments that personal the Russian agency. According to the Russian outlet Interfax, the apps returned to the App Store late final week. It’s not clear why Apple has chosen to revive the VK-owned apps proper now; as The Guardian notes, there hasn’t been an possession change at VK.

At the time, Apple confirmed it blocked the apps globally as a result of they’re “distributed by developers majority-owned or majority-controlled by one or more parties sanctioned by the UK government.” Apple didn’t instantly reply to The Verge’s request for remark.