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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The digital development ministry said Telegram and WhatsApp had ignored repeated requests to take measures to stop their platforms being used for activities such as fraud and terrorism ...