Overview
- Users reported widespread disruptions across Adygea, Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk, Rostov, and Krasnodar regions from October 20 to 22, with Downdetector showing elevated problem reports.
- Roskomnadzor said it is curbing the two platforms to counter scams and efforts to draw people into criminal, sabotage, and terrorist activity.
- The watchdog said it repeatedly sent compliance demands to the companies and that full functionality, including calls limited since August, will be restored if they follow Russian law.
- On Tuesday, service was down for hours in Rostov-on-Don even on wired connections, and heavily degraded in Krasnodar and Sochi, while mobile performance varied by carrier.
- Analysts suggested the disruptions may be linked to traffic-filtering tools or tests of new blocking methods, with some users also reporting issues on FaceTime.