Moscow has been hit by a major mobile internet blackout as the Russian government tightens restrictions it has touted as necessary to ensure the “security” of its citizens.

For weeks, Russians have been bracing for a nationwide block of Telegram, the country’s most widely used messaging app, expected in early April. Reports of such plans first surfaced in late February, ...

Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Vladimir Putin might soon hold a meeting with the paralympians ...