MOSCOW, Mar 11The government of the Russian Federation has decided to no longer maintain its page on Instagram, since access to the social network in Russia will be limited, the press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported.Meta Platforms, in the light of the events in Ukraine, temporarily removed the ban on calls for violence against the Russian military on social networks Facebook and Instagram , but not against the civilian population of the Russian Federation, spokesman for the company Andy Stone said earlier. According to Reuters, the new policy also allows calls for the death of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko.Yesterday, 16:42 The Federation Council said that Russians are not threatened with sanctions for using Facebook»Based on the requirement of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation, access to the Instagram social network (owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.) in the Russian Federation will be limited. In connection with this decision, we We are stopping updating our Instagram feed,» the post reads. At the same time, the Cabinet of Ministers will continue to inform about the work in Telegram and the Vkontakte social network. Earlier on Friday, the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation applied to the court with a proposal to recognize Meta as an extremist organization and ban its activities in Russia. The Russian Investigative Committee opened a two-count case over Meta's policy of allowing incitement to violence against the Russian Armed Forces. : measures against Meta will not apply to the WhatsApp messengerRussia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, nothing threatens the civilian population. With the support of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, the President of Russia emphasized.
