Russia has officially banned WhatsApp, forcing over 100 million users onto the government-controlled surveillance app Max.The Kremlin says the ban is due to WhatsApp’s failure to comply with Russian ...

WhatsApp said the Russian government has moved to “fully block” the world’s most popular messaging service in the country as ...

The Russian government is attempting to block WhatsApp in the country as its crackdown on communication platforms not under its control intensifies.

Russians were pressed to adopt Max, seen as a possible surveillance tool, after WhatsApp, the country's most popular messenger, was blocked.

The digital curtain is falling in Russia as the Kremlin officially pulled the plug on WhatsApp, an encrypted messaging app.

WhatsApp has long been the most popular messaging app for Russians, followed closely by Telegram. This week, officials took major steps to cut them off and make them unusable—part of a long-running, ...

The messaging platform WhatsApp says Russia has "attempted to fully block" its service inside the country, "to drive people to a state-owned surveillance app." ...

WhatsApp has stopped working in Russia after regulators removed it from the national registry, as officials promote state-backed app Max.

Russia announced Thursday it had blocked WhatsApp over its alleged failure to comply with Russian legislation, days after ...

Russia's communications watchdog, Roskomnadzor, said that Telegram would begin slowing nationwide for the country's 60 million users as it had not addressed long-running violations. Moscow says ...