Ukraine today blocked popular Russian social networks and an internet search engine as it expanded sanctions against the Kremlin for its alleged backing of a three-year war in the separatist east. President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree banning access to VK — often referred to as Russia’s Facebook — and Ukraine’s version of the popular Yandex search engine. VK, formerly known as VKontakte, is Russia’s most popular social network. Its official Ukraine page wrote in February that it gets 16 million unique visitors daily in Ukraine. Ukraine banned Russia’s contestant for staging a performance in Crimea a year after its annexation.

Source: Indian Express May 16, 2017 12:51 UTC