Russia’s state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor confirmed Wednesday that it is restricting voice and video calls on ...

Russia plans to restrict some calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, saying the apps don't cooperate with the government to stop ...

Russia has partially blocked video and audio calls on popular messaging apps Telegram and WhatsApp (META) in order to tackle ...

Russia’s state communications watchdog Roskomnadzor confirmed Wednesday that it is restricting voice and video calls on WhatsApp and Telegram, calling it an anti-fraud measure to protect citizens.

Roskomnadzor, Russia's media and internet regulator, said that "in order to counteract criminals," measures were being taken ...

WhatsApp, the highly popular messaging service owned by Meta, accused the Russian government Wednesday of trying to block its service.  “WhatsApp is private, end-to-end encrypted, and defies ...

In order to counteract criminals… measures are being taken to partially restrict calls on these foreign messengers,” ...

Russia’s media and internet regulator has restricted voice calls on WhatsApp and Telegram. This as the platforms have repeatedly refused to honour the requests of Russian law enforcement. If the firms ...

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

“According to law enforcement agencies and numerous appeals from citizens, foreign messengers Telegram and WhatsApp have become the main voice services used to deceive and extort money, and to involve ...

Russian authorities have long engaged in a deliberate and multipronged effort to rein in the internet.View on euronews ...