Telegram and WhatsApp down amid protests in remote Russian region

Popular messaging apps are facing disruptions this week in a remote Russian region where hundreds of people have taken to the streets to protest against the sentencing of a local activist. Access to the cellular and internet network of one of the country’s biggest telecom providers was also limited. According to a Russian [internet monitoring

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