Russia seeks competitive domestic messaging. The Kremlin supports the development of high-quality Russian apps to innovate ...

The app has received initial approval from lawmakers and is designed to integrate directly with state services, raising ...

Russia is developing a state-backed messaging app to reduce reliance on foreign platforms like WhatsApp and Telegram. It will ...

The Kremlin-controlled VK corporation has begun developing a new "national messenger" to replace the WhatsApp app, which Russian authorities may block this autumn. Source: Russian online newspaper The ...

Sergei Boyarsky, head of the Russian State Duma Committee on Information Policy, said the domestic app would serve as a secure, multifunctional alternative to services like WhatsApp and Telegram.

Russia may block WhatsApp in 2025 if the messenger's management does not comply with Russian laws, Russian state-controlled ...

Messaging services Telegram and WhatsApp briefly suffered a major outage in Russia on Wednesday, said the country’s media regulator Roskomnadzor, which blamed a cyberattack. Users from both ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian users of Telegram and WhatsApp had trouble accessing the messaging apps on Wednesday due to disruption the state communications monitoring service said was caused by a ...