MOSCOW, Feb 24 – Russia stepped up its bid to subjugate the Telegram messaging app on Tuesday, announcing in a state-run newspaper that it was investigating billionaire founder Pavel Durov as part of ...

Russian authorities have taken new measures to ensure they can monitor all communications by people inside the country, officially blocking access to the popular, Meta-owned messaging app WhatsApp.

Russia on Thursday confirmed that it had blocked WhatsApp in the country. The Kremlin said citizens can use a state-backed messenging service instead. WhatsApp issued a statement saying Russia had ...