A memorial to Apple founder Steve Jobs has
been dismantled in the Russian city of St
Petersburg, after the man who succeeded him
at the helm of the company, Tim Cook, came
out as gay.
The two-metre high monument, in the shape
of an iPhone, was erected outside a college
last year by a Russian group of companies
called ZEFS.
Citing the need to abide by a law combating
"gay propaganda", ZEFS said in a statement
on Monday that the memorial had been removed
on Friday, a day after Apple Cook had announced
he was gay.
The statement said: "The monument was taken
down to abide to the Russian federal law protecting
children from information promoting denial
of traditional family values."
Promoting "traditional values", President
Vladimir Putin last year signed a law prohibiting
the spread of "gay propaganda" among minors.
Putin says there is no discrimination against
gay people in Russia and the law was needed
only to protect young people.
