A Russian company has removed a memorial to Apple founder Steve Jobs erected outside a St Petersburg college in response to Apple CEO, Tim Cook, recently coming out as gay. It is the latest casualty of Russia's strict anti-gay laws.

A Russian group of companies called ZEFS or West European Financial Union dismantled the smartphone replica.

The company, that had installed the iPhone in a local college in 2013, now says it needs to abide by a Russian law - signed by President Putin last year - that bans the spread of what the government calls "gay propaganda" among minors.

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