Instagram has been completely blocked in Russia

Instagram and Meduza with a link to GlobalCheck are completely blocked in Russia.

According to the service, the availability of the social network in Russia on the morning of March 14 was 0%. Instagram also appeared in the Roskomnadzor register of prohibited sites.

Previously, the Prosecutor General's Office banned Instagram in Russia. “In connection with the special military operation carried out by the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to protect the DPR and LPR, information materials containing calls to commit violent actions (murders) against citizens of the Russian Federation, including military personnel, are being distributed on the Instagram social network, and information is also systematically posted , containing calls for the participation of citizens on the territory of the Russian Federation in mass riots accompanied by violence,” the department said.

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Roskomnadzor demanded on February 24 that the media write about the war in Ukraine only with reference to official Russian sources. Journalists were also prohibited from calling the “Russian special operation” an attack, invasion, or declaration of war. Otherwise, the supervisory authority threatened with blocking and fines of up to five million rubles. demanded - The number of sites since the beginning of the “special operation” is in the dozens, including the social networks Twitter and Facebook. blocked