WhatsApp has been completely blocked in Russia. The messenger is only available through VPN.

Ирэн Орлонская Local news
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According to information provided by DW, the WhatsApp domain has been removed from the records of the National Domain Name System of Russia (NSDI), which was established under the law on the "sovereign Runet."

This means that users in Russia can no longer obtain IP addresses for the messenger, and access to it is only possible through the use of a VPN.
Recall that on February 10, the YouTube domain was also excluded from the DNS servers of Roskomnadzor, depriving Russians of the ability to use the service without a VPN.
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