Russia blocks WhatsApp for 100 million users

Russia blocks WhatsApp for 100 million users

In a move that effectively isolates a massive portion of its population from Western communication, Russian authorities have blocked WhatsApp, the Financial Times reports. By removing the app from the nation’s official online directory, the government has essentially wiped the platform from the Russian internet, impacting an estimated 100 million users. Read: Pony AI and…

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Russia bans WhatsApp

Russia bans WhatsApp

US messenger app WhatsApp, owned by Meta Platforms, has been completely blocked in Russia for failing to comply with local law, the Kremlin said on Thursday, suggesting Russians turn to a state-backed “national messenger” instead. “Due to Meta’s unwillingness to comply with Russian law, such a decision was indeed made and implemented,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

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Russia says again that it will stick to limits on nuclear weapons in expired New START treaty, if U.S. does

Russia says again that it will stick to limits on nuclear weapons in expired New START treaty, if U.S. does

Russia will continue to observe the limits set under the recently-expired New START nuclear arms reduction treaty if the United States does the same, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday. “We proceed from the fact that this moratorium, on our part, which was announced by our president, will remain in effect, but only as…

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Russia targets Ukraine’s energy as trilateral talks loom | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia targets Ukraine’s energy as trilateral talks loom | Russia-Ukraine war News

As the presidents of Ukraine, Russia and the United States prepare to hold their first trilateral meeting to end Russia’s war in Ukraine this weekend, almost half of Ukraine is without electricity and heat in sub-zero temperatures, following repeated Russian drone strikes targeting energy infrastructure. The strikes appeared designed to break Ukrainian resistance at the…

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