The oversized iPhone monument was removed from a university campus in St Petersburg last week in light of Mr Cook's revelation
A memorial dedicated to the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs in Russia has been removed after the tech firm's boss Tim Cook came out as gay.
The oversized iPhone was removed from a university campus in St Petersburg, a year after it was erected by ZEFS, the English and Western European Financial Union.
A statement by the union has confirmed the decision was taken in line with Russia's homophobic stance and in light of Mr Cook's revelations last week.
A ZEFS statement said: "Russian legislation prohibits propaganda of homosexuality and other sexual perversions among minors.
"After Apple CEO Tim Cook publicly called for sodomy, the monument was dismantled pursuant to Russian federal law on the protection of children from information that promotes the denial of traditional family values."
Last year, Russia agreed a new federal law banning "the propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations to minors," after the memorial was constructed - about a year after Jobs died from pancreatic cancer.
Cook's admission has been met with strong opposition in Russia.
Politician Vitaly Milonov called for the Apple chief executive to be banned from the country, while anti-gay group 'Communists of St Petersburg and the Leningrad Region' complained the statue was too phallic.
