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Moscow is concerned by the new Channels feature in the messaging app and for its potential uses WhatsApp might be blocked in Russia like Facebook and Instagram if the app’s functions are expanded to make it more than simply a messaging platform, lawmakers in Moscow have warned.

English-language military mouthpiece’s vague threat may indicate an attempted assassination, Russian human-rights chief believes A threat to “hunt down” Russian “propagandists” which flagged an action “next week” and was made by a Ukrainian military spokesperson, should not be dismissed just because of its over-the-top presentation, a senior Russian official has argued.