The Council of Bloggers under the Federation Council has asked President Vladimir Putin to reconsider the decision to block the social networks Instagram and Facebook.

It is noted that Medvedev was sent a similar request.

It is also reported that the authenticity of the letters was confirmed by the coordinator of the council of bloggers Valeria Rytvina.

On October 11, the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring) contributed Meta Platforms Inc

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in the list of organizations in respect of which there is information about their involvement in extremist activities or terrorism.

* Meta product, activity recognized as extremist, banned in Russia by decision of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow dated 03/21/2022.

* * Meta product, activity recognized as extremist, banned in Russia by decision of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow dated 03/21/2022.

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(owner of Facebook and Instagram) - the organization was recognized as extremist, its activities are prohibited on the territory of Russia by the decision of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow dated 03/21/2022.