The listings include the company VK, which owns the social media website VKontakte, its daughter company Communication Platform LLC, which developed Max, and the latter's head, Elena Bagudina.

The European Union expanded its sanctions against Russia to include VK, the country’s dominant social media company, and its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A phone with social media apps on the screen. Stock photo: Getty Images The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has estimated ...

Russian authorities have urged people in the border regions to stop using dating apps and limit their use of social media to prevent Ukrainian forces from gathering intelligence as it presses on with ...

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 ...

Russia is on the 'brink of a social explosion' and should end its disastrous war with Ukraine, an opposition politician has warned. Vladimir Putin and his ruling regime must 'come to their senses' ...

Leaked records expose a vast Russian disinformation campaign run by the Social Design Agency, targeting Ukraine, the EU, and far-right political parties. The campaign used memes, fake news, forged ...

Two social media accounts purporting to be average Americans — Sue Williamson and Ricardo Abbot — posting Russian propaganda justifying the country's invasion of Ukraine (U.S. Department of Justice) ...

A regional Russian internet provider named Nodex was infiltrated and almost completely destroyed in an attack by a Ukrainian hacking group. Nodex confirmed the attack in a statement on Russian social ...