‘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 p.m., 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.