Russia Blocks China’s Messaging App WeChat, Tencent Says It’s ‘Deeply Sorry’

Russia’s Telecoms has blocked China’s instant messaging app WeChat. This popular social media app developed by Tencent Holdings said on Saturday, citing this information posted on the Russian website.

Tencent also said that it was ‘deeply sorry’ that its messaging app WeChat was blocked in Russia, and that they are in touch with the relevant authorities to solve this issue.

A Tencent spokesperson said: “We are experiencing a block and we are deeply sorry. WeChat till date have 889 million global users, was not properly registered with Russian regulators. It is not clear so far how many Russian users the app has.”

Popular social media apps like Twitter and Facebook are blocked in China while President Xi Jinping has been a vocal advocate of so called cyber sovereignty. Meanwhile, WeChat became more than a messaging app for the Chinese.