While WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in Russia, a domestic application will be forced into smartphones and ...

Russian authorities have announced partial restrictions on calls in messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp. This is part of a ...

WhatsApp's parent company, Meta, says it's concerned Russia is blocking voice calls to push users to other platforms where ...

A Russian state-backed messenger application cast as a rival to WhatsApp which critics have said could be used for ...

Russia has started restricting some Telegram and WhatsApp calls, accusing the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share ...

Russia says popular messaging apps facilitating crime, sabotage as internet restrictions tighten amid war in Ukraine.

The Russian leadership wants to force WhatsApp out of the country. The preferred alternative called MAX must now be ...

The Russian government, in a latest move, imposed a ban on Telegram, WhatsApp calls as a long-term effort to enhance internet ...

Russia has ordered a state-backed messaging app to be installed on all devices across the country in a move set to ...

The Russian government will require the state-backed Max messenger app to be pre-installed on all smartphones and tablets sold in the country, in a move that could increase surveillance of Russian ...

A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, ...

Russia claims that WhatsApp and Telegram are used to deceive and extort money, involving Russian citizens in illegal ...