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Even the AI assistant inside Russia’s state-backed Max messenger tells users not to trust the app — Meduza
3+ hour, 59+ min ago (174+ words) Alisa, the AI assistant built into the Max messenger, has been telling users in chat conversations to install other apps instead — Telegram, Signal, or WhatsApp. The independent Russian news outlet Verstka noticed the pattern. Asked about Max’s security, the AI…...
Russia appears to be carrying out one of its biggest VPN blocking campaigns in recent memory. Here’s what we know. — Meduza
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (436+ words) Amnezia, one of Russia’s most popular VPN services, reported on August 4 that Russian authorities had launched a new attack on tools used to bypass internet blocking. The attack had been underway for at least several days, according to the post....
Kommersant: Only one-third of mobile internet traffic in central Russia was unrestricted. Nearly 90% in border regions went through ‘whitelists.’ — Meduza
6+ day, 11+ hour ago (292+ words) Kommersant: Only one-third of mobile internet traffic in central Russia was unrestricted. Nearly 90% in border regions went through ‘whitelists.’ meduza.io Kommersant: Only one-third of mobile internet traffic in central Russia was unrestricted. Nearly 90% in border regions went through ‘whitelists....
Is it illegal to pay for Telegram Premium in Russia now that Pavel Durov is on the terrorism list? Not yet. — Meduza
1+ week, 4+ day ago (318+ words) Paying for Telegram Premium isn’t considered a criminal offense (at least not yet) because Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service, known as Rosfinmonitoring, added Pavel Durov personally to its list. There is no court ruling designating the messaging app itself as…...
Russia’s FSB says it detained 46 users of a Telegram dating bot, ages 12 to 22, whom Ukrainian intelligence recruited for sabotage. But the chats in the videos offered as proof are on a Russian app. — Meduza
1+ week, 5+ day ago (964+ words) In 2018, a Telegram dating bot called Daivinchik | Leo grew out of the community. It’s not clear exactly how many people used it in its early years, but most outlets reported that its popularity surged after Tinder and other international dating…...
Is it safe in Russia to buy Telegram Stars or Premium after Durov’s terrorist designation? Here’s what lawyers say. — Meduza
1+ week, 5+ day ago (408+ words) Is it safe in Russia to buy Telegram Stars or Premium after Durov’s terrorist designation? Here’s what lawyers say. Meduza Is it safe in Russia to buy Telegram Stars or Premium after Durov’s terrorist designation? Here’s what lawyers say. Adding…...
Kommersant: foreign messaging app audience in Russia grew 26%. Telegram remains among leaders despite being blocked. — Meduza
2+ week, 4+ day ago (232+ words) The combined audience of foreign messaging apps that remain unblocked in Russia grew 26% in the second quarter of 2026, the Russian business daily Kommersant reported, citing a study by the Russian mobile operator MTS AdTech. The Turkish app BiP led the…...
‘It’s safe, and it won’t affect your device’: Russia’s pitch for its homegrown internet certificates — Meduza
2+ week, 5+ day ago (186+ words) Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development is urging internet users to install domestically produced SSL certificates so that Russian websites will continue to load properly in foreign web browsers. The ministry said the move was safe and would not affect how…...
Roskomnadzor says it isn’t blocking the App Store, but Russia’s outage started the day after its ultimatum to Apple expired — Meduza
3+ week, 1+ day ago (638+ words) The international research project OONI began detecting a surge in anomalous connections to Apple’s website as early as July 16, with availability on some days falling to 30–40%. By July 20, the site had largely recovered — availability was back above 95%. The App Store…...
Russians begin losing access to the App Store — Meduza
3+ week, 1+ day ago (206+ words) Access to Apple’s official website and the App Store in Russia fell sharply late last week, the independent Russian news outlet Verstka reported. According to OONI, the international research project, anomalous connections to Apple resources began rising on Thursday, July…...