'Large-scale' outages hit Telegram, WhatsApp in Russia

Messaging services Telegram and WhatsApp experienced large-scale outages in Russia on Wednesday, the country's official media regulator Roskomnadzor said.

"On August 21, from 2 pm, the Public Communications Network Monitoring and Control Centre recorded a large-scale disruption in the operation of messengers Telegram and WhatsApp," it said in a statement.
 
AFP