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

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

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

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

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

Russia will require the state-backed messenger app Max to be pre-installed on all new phones and tablets from September, as ...

Max will replace a standalone messaging app made by Russian tech giant VK, which has been a piece of mandatory preinstalled ...

EADaily, August 22nd, 2025. In Russia, this afternoon, on August 22, the Google Meet video service "fell", which entered the ...

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 ...

Russia said on Thursday that all mobile phones and tablets sold in the country from next month must come pre-installed with MAX, a state-backed ...

Russia has issued a country-wide mandate; starting 1 September, all mobile devices sold in the country are to ship out with ...