Social networks and Messengers

Odnoklassniki launched a mini-app for laying flowers at monuments in 25 cities
Bloggers will bring real bouquets on behalf of users to memorials from Sevastopol to Vladivostok

Mash: Ministry of Digital Development intends to introduce a fee for viewing foreign websites and social networks
The agency is developing a project to control foreign traffic and VPNs, claims the Telegram channel

Telegram loses offices, but not to "Max": businesses choose other corporate messengers
Companies are testing alternatives, but choosing solutions without news noise and with an emphasis on security

18% in a month: Telegram loses traffic in Russia
Figures show that users are not deleting the messenger, but are looking for backup options

Internet Without Filters: South Ossetia Unblocked YouTube and Telegram
Previously, access depended on traffic routing through Russian providers

MAX prepares a major update: stories, comments, and polls to appear in the messenger
The platform is gradually expanding functionality for creators and communities

Telegram loses attention: Russian brands record a drop in reach
Post views fell by more than 20% with minimal audience outflow

Polls will appear in the Max messenger before the May holidays
The developers of the state messenger are preparing an update that includes personal sticker packs and a comments system

Pavel Durov wrote a chanson about bypassing blocks and a "living internet"
The founder of Telegram creates under the pseudonym "Durikovich"

FAS: Apple's actions against Telega may violate antitrust law
Developers demand the app's return to the App Store and changes to moderation rules

The messenger Max received a Russian-language name and began limiting its operation when VPN is enabled
The name changed on the official website, in Google Play, and RuStore

People have started being admitted to MFCs without a passport: a new identity verification method has been launched in the Leningrad Region
The "Digital ID" service operates on the basis of the national messenger MAX

Telegram's "House Chat" Turned Out to Be a Trap: How Scammers Work
Fraudsters are posing as representatives of management companies

