Apple removes RFE/RL's Svoboda app from the Russian App Store at the demand of Roskomnadzor; Apple also removed recent podcasts by Ekho Moskvy and others
BBC Russian Service, The Insider, and Echo Moskvy—from its Russian users, Mediazona learned. There were no updates for several days, and users who haven't listened to these podcasts before can't even ...
YouTube, the only major US platform available in Russia, has become a primary source of entertainment for many Russians, making a ban tricky for the Kremlin
for now. https://www.wired.com/... #Russia Bluesky: Mary Branscombe / @marypcbuk.bsky.social : And it's not like Google is going to turn down free money just because Russia invaded Ukraine [embedded p...
Investigation: despite scaling back in Russia in 2022, Binance continues to handle substantial ruble trading, helping clients evade sanctions via intermediaries
Binance is helping Russians move money abroad, potentially adding to its sprawling legal problems in the U.S. The cryptocurrency giant …
The US and the UK sanction seven people based in Russia, with likely FSB ties, connected to the Conti and Ryuk ransomware gangs and the Trickbot banking trojan
on par with terrorism and military crisis between states. Cheyenne Ligon / CoinDesk : Russian Cybercrime Gang Trickbot Sanctioned by US, UK Maggie Miller / Politico : U.S., U.K. sanction Russian hacke...
Sources: the US is weighing national security reviews of some Elon Musk ventures, like the proposed Twitter deal and Starlink; the White House denies such talks
just like Trump. Expect them to use every law enforcement and regulatory body as weapons to bring Musk down or force him to surrender. Blatant authoritarianism. https://www.bloomberg.com/... Nathan Ta...
Russia's trade minister Denis Manturov says Russians will be able to buy the iPhone 14 despite US sanctions thanks to the country's parallel import scheme
Russians will have the chance to buy the new Apple iPhone 14 despite the U.S. tech company having left the country thanks …
Russia moves to designate Meta as an “extremist organization”; source says WhatsApp won't be affected as it is a means of communication
WhatsApp is the most popular messenger in Russia, it takes up nearly 60% of all messenger internet traffic. We are talking tens of millions of people having limited access to comms, and for a lot of t...
Meta will temporarily allow some violent speech, like “death to the Russian invaders”, in some countries; internal email: it will allow calls for death of Putin
Meta Platforms (FB.O) will allow Facebook and Instagram users in some countries to call for violence against Russians …
Visa and Mastercard suspend operations in Russia, a few hours after Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked them to do so in a video call with US lawmakers
Apologies for last week - just trying to figure out what's doable given … Stan Choe / Associated Press : Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia after invasion Edward Moyer / CNET : PayPal, Mast...
Roskomnadzor says it is blocking Facebook in Russia, citing 26 cases of “discrimination against Russian media and information resources” since October 2020
Russia is being cut off from the rest of the online world … France 24 : Russia blocks Facebook over ‘discrimination’ of state media Brittany Bernstein / National Review : Kremlin Blocks Access to Face...