MOSCOW (AP) — Many overseas web sites have been blocked Friday on cellphones in central Moscow below restrictions which have gripped the Russian capital for greater than every week, derailing the routine of hundreds of thousands of residents and slamming companies that depend on cellphone internet. Russian authorities have mentioned the restrictions are a part…
Russia plans to block Telegram this spring amid authorities calls to tighten media controls over claims the messaging app serves as a haven to criminals and is being utilized by overseas intelligence providers as a instrument of “hybrid warfare” towards the nation, Russian media reported Thursday, citing nameless sources aware of the matter. Two sources…
Russia has launched a criminal investigation into the Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, on suspicion of “abetting terrorist activities”, additional escalating the Kremlin’s standoff with the extensively used messaging app. The state newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported on Tuesday {that a} case had been opened “based on materials from Russia’s federal security service”, which accused the app…