On 28 March it will to launch the Rossgram on the internet, the substitute for the Instagram created by the Russian professionals the technology sector to meet the needs of the domestic market after the blocking of the medium because of the invasion of Ukraine.
The new instrument will also have more functions, such as crowdfunding and paid access to content.
Ο Alexandre Zobov, PR manager of the initiative, said: «My partner Kirill Filimonov and our team of developers were already prepared for this development and decided to don't miss the opportunity to create the Russian equivalent of a popular social networking site that our compatriots love.».
The Rossgram's colors and design will look a lot like the ones on Instagram, according to images that have been released.
On Monday the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Russia blocked access to Instagram, because Meta - which owns the app - announced last week that will allow users from Ukraine posting messages like «Death to the Russian invaders».
Russia, which had already bannedI Facebook, opened a criminal investigation against Meta and prosecutors have asked a court to declare the tech giant an «extremist organisation».
