WhatsApp, YouTube And Facebook Have Been Finally Blocked In Russia

• 11.02.2026, 22:17

The domains of a number of foreign media also became inaccessible.

It is reported that since yesterday the domains of WhatsApp, YouTube, Facebook and a number of other services banned in Russia have become inaccessible to users in the country.

It is not about slowdowns, but about the complete "invisibility" of these resources: their addresses have been removed from the national DNS system. As a result, when trying to access the site, it is impossible to determine its IP address, and the system reports a non-existent domain. Thus, access to such sites is virtually completely stopped.

In addition to the above-mentioned platforms, the domains of BBC, Deutsche Welle, Radio Liberty, anonymous browser Tor, social network Instagram and other resources have also become inaccessible.

The use by Russian providers of the National Domain Name System, which is managed by Roskomnadzor, is stipulated by the law on the "sovereign Internet". The use of alternative DNS services (e.g. Google DNS) has been consistently restricted by the authorities since 2021.