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 ...

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 ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

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 ...