The department reported this in its public page (https://vk.com/it.bashkortostan) on Vkontakte in response to a question from one of the users, the Agency noted (https://t.me/agentstvonews/4927) and Astra. (https://t.me/astrapress/46452) On January 19, the ministry acknowledged problems with communications in Bashkortostan, promising that “everything will be restored soon.”
In response to a clarifying question about what happened, an employee of the Ministry of Digital Development of the Republic, Alevtina Dautova, said that “the incident with communication and limitation of the functionality of the Telegram and What’s App messengers is beyond the competence of the republican authorities.”
