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New Russian messaging app raises online monitoring fears

June 26, 2025

Russia has unveiled an app that combines messaging with other functions. MAX is owned by a Kremlin-friendly oligarch, and the government hopes it will replace other apps. But observers fear it will be yet another way to keep an eye on ordinary Russians.

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Juri Rescheto DW Riga Bureau Chief