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The views expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect Al Jazeera’s editorial stance.

He said his company gets smartphones produced “for Arabic countries” directly from Apple and devices produced for other countries from affiliated companies.He said that receiving payments directly from Russia might be problematic because banks in Dubai “are now asking too many questions and can reject the payment”.

To get around this, he said, he uses intermediaries to accept payments on his behalf – to avoid problems with his bank.“We can introduce you to our partners in Moscow, you can send the payment to them in a Russian bank and they send money to us here,” he said.“They will take a commission, of course.”

When directly approached by Al Jazeera, BMG refused to provide a comment.Apple products are by no means an exception.

In Russian supermarkets, popular food brands such as Coca-Cola, Lipton, Lindt, Geisha, Tchibo and Pringles are still displayed on shelves despite officially exiting the country.

Russian shoppers can still clean their toilets with Bref and wash their clothes with Persil detergent.“When we arrived here, we were told by locals that when the floodwaters started coming in Mokwa, more bodies were flowing in from more villages upstream and so this used to be where homes were. Several homes, over 300 of them, were washed away or completely destroyed by the flood waters,” said Idris, as clothes and residents’ other belongings lied scattered in piles across the ground.

Residents believe that the floods may have been caused by “a bigger problem upstream, maybe a dam burst, but up to now officials are not confirming that”, said Idris. “But the amount of water that came into this community is so much that nobody had any time to prepare to evacuate.”Meteorologists warn that more rain is expected in the coming days, raising fears of further flooding across the region.

Flooding is a regular threat during Nigeria’s six-month rainy season, but experts say the frequency and severity of these disasters are increasing due to, unregulated construction, and poor drainage infrastructure.