As the Kremlin throttles WhatsApp and Telegram, the new MAX messaging app is moving Russia closer to a restricted internet without foreign technology.
In Russia, it’s hard to escape MAX, the new state-controlled messaging app.
Billboards are trumpeting it. Schools are recommending it. Celebrities are being paid to push it. Cellphones are sold with it preloaded. In one city southeast of Moscow, the … [1113 chars]
Source: The New York Times | Published: 2025-10-21T09:06:07Z
Credit: The New York Times
