The Russian government has approved a ban on mobile and landline connections via the Internet. Source: Russian government decree Details: The Russian government has removed "transmission of Internet ...

Russia's government is tightening its internet control, with widespread outages and restrictions already defining 2025 for its citizens. These pervasive measures are impacting daily life, from public ...

Russia's Ministry of Digital Development plans to create a database of unique IMEI identification numbers for all mobile ...

A messaging app endorsed by the Kremlin will be a mandatory preinstallation for smartphones in Russia beginning next month. The Russian government announced on Thursday that Max, an application ...

TALLINN, Estonia — A snappy tune by a blogger that mockingly laments his poor internet connection in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don has gotten over a half-million views on Instagram in two ...

A new law in Russia requires devices to have Russian software preinstalled. It's intended to allow Russian software companies to compete with foreign ones. Some are ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -A Russian state-backed messenger application called MAX, a rival to WhatsApp that critics say could be used to track users, must be pre-installed on all mobile phones and tablets ...

Donald Trump met Vladimir Putin at the G-20 Summit in Hamburg in 2017 - AP/Evan Vucci The US can “determine” whether Russia continues its war in Ukraine by imposing new sanctions, Volodymyr Zelensky ...

Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) today announced a ruling in the case against Google’s Android operating system, originally filed by competing search engine Yandex. The complaint, filed in ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday (GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/Press Pool) As President Trump gears up to meet his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the White House, ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Russians look back at 2025, they might remember it as the year when the government took even tighter control of the internet. Credit cards that won’t buy a ticket on ...