A rally in support of Telegram took place in Russia: many users responded to the call of Pavel Durov to launch paper airplanes in protest against the blocking of the messenger. Details Dozens of photos and videos taken by people launching paper airplanes appeared on Instagram and Youtube by 19:30. The Bell correspondent counted 4 airplanes near his home in Moscow.

Assets worth $1.5-2 billion have been frozen at Renova, owned by businessman Viktor Vekselberg, due to US sanctions, two sources told Reuters. Details As a result of US sanctions, all dollar accounts of companies controlled by Renova were blocked, sources told Reuters. The salary accounts of several Swiss employees of Renova were also frozen for some time. After verification, they were unlocked.

In Russia, there were problems with access to Google resources. This happened after Roskomnadzor introduced some IP addresses of the search engine to the register of prohibited sites. Details As users in social networks write, problems arise when going to google.com ( everything is fine with Google.ru), when using Google Cards and Google translator services. According to the Downdetector.com monitoring site, Google problems arose in a number of large cities, including Moscow, St.