Google Play removes Russia-controlled social media Max, VK

The Russian government has been increasingly restricting access to social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Telegram and ...

EU sanctions Russia's VK Company for helping expose Putin's critics

The EU has sanctioned VK Company for aiding the repression of critics of President Vladimir Putin and his war against Ukraine ...

The RuStore Sale: Why VK Gave Up Control of the Russian Marketplace

VK has ceded control of RuStore to Dmitry Pankrushev, CEO of Mnogo Prilozheniy. The decision comes after EU sanctions and ...
AzerNews

Google Play removes Russia's VK and Max applications from market

Applications from the Russian technology holding VK and the national messenger Max are no longer available for download from ...
Tempo.co English

Why Google Play Store Removes Russia's Super-App MAX

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The Russian super app and messaging platform MAX, along with several apps developed by its developer, ...

Russia says there can't be security guarantees for Ukraine without its involvement

MOSCOW, July 14 (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Tuesday that there could be no security guarantees for Ukraine without Russia ...
Crypto Briefing

European Union expands sanctions against VKontakte and Russian surveillance firms

The EU sanctioned VKontakte and Russian surveillance firms over FSB ties, expanding compliance obligations for crypto ...
Interfax

VK sells RuStore to Pankrushev, CEO of its developer company

Internet holding VK is selling 100% of the RuStore application store to the CEO of its developer company, Dmitry Pankrushev, VK said in a statement. The sum of the deal was not disclosed. VK said that ...
Interfax

VK, MAX apps disappear from Google Play

The applications of the Russian technology holding VK and the national messenger MAX have disappeared from the Google Play app store, VK said. Previously installed services and applications are ...