When trying to access the site, users in Russia are met with a message indicating a lack of connection. Kursk Oblast is also experiencing problems with various online services. Local authorities claim ...

(Update 8/8 3:50 pm ET): We've included an official statement about the situation from a YouTube spokesperson. Reports pile up about Russia's apparent throttle of home network speeds for users ...

The work of the YouTube video hosting service was disrupted in Russia on the night of 31 July-1 August: there are problems with access to the site and playing of videos. Sources: DW; data from ...

Russia has blocked Apple's video-calling app FaceTime, the state communications watchdog said on Thursday, as part of an ...

The YouTube video-hosting site and app have stopped being accessible across Russia, thousands of Internet users in the country said online on August 8. The Downdetector website registered the majority ...

YouTube traffic in Russia has plummeted to just 20 percent of its “normal levels” in recent days, a leading Russian expert said, describing the situation as a “de facto” blocking of the video-sharing ...

LONDON (Reuters) - As Moscow has suppressed independent, Russian-language media, YouTube has remained a bastion of online freedom of expression, giving opposition figures a platform to air their views ...

Russians have threatened to take to the streets amid a sudden YouTube slowdown, which began in mid-July. The slowdown of the video-streaming service began last month after Alexander Khinshtein, a ...

Russia has blocked access to Apple's video-calling app, FaceTime, the country’s communications watchdog Roskomnadzor ...

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian internet monitoring services reported a mass outage on the availability of video hosting site YouTube on Thursday as Russian authorities step up criticism of the platform.

WTF?! Russia seems to take pleasure in handing out fines to Western tech companies, but the latest one seems a little excessive. According to reports, a court in the country has hit Google with a fine ...

Russian authorities said Thursday they have imposed restrictions on Apple's video calling service FaceTime, the latest step ...