Category Eastern Europe

Internet censorship is growing in Russia on the eve of the presidential elections

Tonight there was a large-scale disruption in the work of popular messengers. Thousands of users across Russia complained about problems with access to Telegram, WhatsApp and Viber. Most of the complaints came from the Novosibirsk region and Khabarovsk Krai, Russian media reported. Also last night, Russians had difficulties accessing YouTube. The reason for the mass failures was explained by the authorities of Yakutia - it turns out that Roskomnadzor was carrying out technical work. Roskomnadzor is responsible for regulating communications, information technology and media in Russia and is notorious for blocking Internet resources that are undesirable to the Russian authorities. 

The war with migrants has begun in the Russian Federation

More and more often the Russian media cover events connected with inter-ethnic conflicts. According to Russian Telegram channels close to law enforcement agencies, the conflict began when a 37-year-old man entered an elevator cabin in a residential building in the Russian capital. The Iranian allegedly pushed the schoolboy and in response was stabbed in the buttock. The man was hospitalized.