WhatsApp is the most popular messaging app in Russia, but "there’s a 99-percent chance" authorities will kill it.

If WhatsApp is banned or and/or blocked in Russia, using a VPN will be the only way of accessing it. The stakes for ...

A Russian lawmaker who regulates the country's IT said WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, warning it would ...

WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the IT sector said on Friday, warning that the ...

Russia is set to launch a new digital device equipped with a brand new messenger app that experts believe could allow the Kremlin to spy on the Russian public.

Russian lawmakers issued an ultimatum to WhatsApp. The Meta-owned platform, used by 68 percent of Russians daily, faces an ...

WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the IT sector said on Friday, warning that the ...

Russia is planning to phase out WhatsApp for government use by introducing its messaging app called MAX. Developed by ...

WhatsApp should prepare to exit the Russian market, Anton Gorelkin, a Russian lawmaker who regulates the IT sector, has said.

Russia has ordered its officials to switch over to the Max app by September 1. Moscow has, in recent years, been trying to ...

According to the new law, Russians could be fined up to 5,000 roubles for searching content deemed 'extreme' by the ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin last month signed a law authorising the development of a state-backed messaging app ...