INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russia has added the spokesman of US tech giant Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to a wanted list, according to an online database
give details of the case against Stone, stating only that he is wanted on criminal charges.According to Mediazona, an independent news
website that covers Russia's opposition and prison system, Stone was put on the wanted list in February 2022, but authorities made no
related statements at the time and no news media reported on the matter until this week.In March this year, Russia's federal Investigative
Committee opened a criminal probe of Meta
It alleged that the company's actions following Moscow's all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 amounted to inciting violence against
specify the source of this information, which could not be independently verified.Western social media platforms including Facebook,
Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter) were popular with young Russians before Moscow launched its full-scale war on Ukraine, but have
since been blocked in the country as part of a broad crackdown on independent media and other forms of critical speech
They are now only accessible via VPN.In April 2022, Russia also formally barred Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg from entering the country.
