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 So far, Pokémon GO has been released in all countries with access to the iOS App Store, Google Play Store, or Samsung Galaxy Store, except for {{pmin|Ukraine}}, Belarus, Moldova, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, {{pmin|the Arab world|Saudi Arabia}}, {{pmin|the Arab world|Yemen}}, Myanmar, {{pmin|Greater China|mainland China}}, {{pmin|the Arab world|Tunisia}}, {{pmin|the Arab world|Algeria}}, Mali, Senegal, Nigeria, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Angola, and Zimbabwe.
-On March 10, 2022, the game was removed and deactivated in Russia and Belarus due to the {{wp|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/NianticLabs/status/1502120716665118725 @NianticLabs on Twitter]</ref>
+Pokémon GO has been banned in Iran<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36989526 Pokemon Go banned by Iranian authorities over 'security' | BBC]</ref> and {{pmin|Greater China|mainland China}}<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/01/10/pokemon-go-isnt-coming-to-china-any-time-soon Pokémon Go banned by China authorities over 'safety' and 'security' | Forbes]</ref> due to security concerns. However, some Iranians are still playing the game publicly regardless.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/tech/iranians-hunt-pokemon-despite-ban-071914210.html Iranians hunt Pokemon despite ban | Yahoo]</ref> On March 10, 2022, the game was removed and deactivated in Russia and Belarus due to the {{wp|2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine}}.<ref>[https://twitter.com/NianticLabs/status/1502120716665118725 @NianticLabs on Twitter]</ref>
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 ==Trivia==
-* Pokémon GO has been banned in Iran<ref>[http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-36989526 Pokemon Go banned by Iranian authorities over 'security' | BBC]</ref> and {{pmin|Greater China|mainland China}}<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2017/01/10/pokemon-go-isnt-coming-to-china-any-time-soon Pokémon Go banned by China authorities over 'safety' and 'security' | Forbes]</ref> due to security concerns. However, some Iranians are still playing the game publicly regardless.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/tech/iranians-hunt-pokemon-despite-ban-071914210.html Iranians hunt Pokemon despite ban | Yahoo]</ref>
 * In the {{wp|United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus}}, no Pokémon can spawn, mostly because the area is considered by the software to be a military area, even though it is in fact {{wp|demilitarized zone|demilitarized}}.<ref>https://www.eurogamer.net/the-history-of-cyprus-is-a-problem-in-pokemon-go</ref>
 * On April 1, 2014, over two years before the release of Pokémon GO, Google released a minigame inside of Google Maps to catch Pokémon in celebration of April Fools' Day. On the same day, Google also released a companion YouTube video<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k Google Maps: Pokémon Challenge]</ref> advertising the position of [[Pokémon Master]] at the company.
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 ==External links==
-'''Official Websites'''
+'''Official websites'''
 * [http://www.pokemongo.com/ Offical website]
 ** [https://www.pokemongo.jp/ Offical website (JP)]
-* [https://pokemongolive.com/ Niantic Pokemon GO Live website]
+* [https://pokemongolive.com/ Niantic Pokémon GO Live website]
-'''Social Media'''
+'''Social media'''
 * [https://www.facebook.com/PokemonGO/ Offical Facebook page]
 * [https://twitter.com/PokemonGoApp Offical Twitter account]