WhatsApp messenger domain disappeared from Roskomnadzor DNS server

The WhatsApp messenger domain (owned by Meta, recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation) was excluded from the records of the National Domain Name System (NSDI), created under the law on the "sovereign Runet". The Kommersant newspaper found out on February 11.

It is noted that now devices no longer receive IP addresses for the messenger, and access to WhatsApp is only possible using a VPN.

While the domains whatsapp.com and web.whatsapp.com The technical domain has been deleted whatsapp.net and the domain for sitelinks wa.me they remain on the NSDI list.

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And why hasn't it become a serious problem for Russians?

State Duma deputy Sergei Boyarsky noted on January 24 that the Telegram and WhatsApp messengers were restricted due to their unwillingness to work according to Russian laws. On January 15, Roskomnadzor announced that it still sees no reason to lift restrictions on the WhatsApp messenger.

In addition, Andrei Svintsov, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, Information Technologies and Communications, said that WhatsApp would be permanently blocked in the Russian Federation in 2026. Also in December last year, it was noted that WhatsApp continues to violate Russian law.

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