UNgqongqoshe Wezokuxhumana WaseRussia uNikolai Nikiforov ukuqinisekisile ukuthi izikhulu zikahulumeni zeRussian Federation ziyekile ukusebenzisa amaphilisi azo e-iPad zafaka amaphilisi akwaSamsung esikhundleni sawo. Isizathu salokhu ukukhathazeka kwezokuphepha, okubonakale ikakhulukazi ngemuva kokuvela kolwazi lokuthi inhlangano yezokuphepha yaseMelika i-NSA iqaphe ukuxhumana kwamadivayisi ahlukahlukene, okuhlanganisa nalawo avela. Apple. Ngakho-ke, uhulumeni waseRussia waphetha isivumelwano ne-Samsung futhi waqala ukusebenzisa amaphilisi akhethekile aguqulelwe ngokugcwele emkhakheni kahulumeni futhi ahlinzeka ngezinga eliphezulu lokuphepha.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, uNikiforov ukuchithile noma yikuphi ukuqagela kokuthi uhulumeni waseRussia uyekile ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe baseMelika ekuphenduleni unswinyo lwaseNtshonalanga ngokuthathwa kwayo kwe-peninsula yaseCrimea. Nokho, lesi akusona isikhathi sokuqala lapho uhulumeni eqala ukusebenzisa amadivaysi akwaSamsung. Kakade ngesonto eledlule, i-Wall Street Journal ishicilele isimangalo sokuthi ithimba lezobuchwepheshe le-White House lihlola izingcingo ezilungiswe ngokukhethekile ezivela kwa-Samsung kanye ne-LG uMongameli wamanje waseMelika u-Barack Obama angaqala ukuzisebenzisa esikhundleni socingo lwe-BlackBerry.
*Umthombo: The Guardian
