The gaming platform was blocked on claims that it distributes extremist materials and promotes “LGBT propaganda,” igniting a backlash from its young users.

The memorandum of understanding, described as the first of its kind, is aimed at improving cooperation between the two legal systems on civil, criminal, economic, labor and family cases.

Questions over the future of Moscow’s control of the Tartus naval base and the Hmeimim airbase have mounted since the December 2024 ouster of Russian ally Bashar al-Assad.

Both teenagers were charged with attempted murder and the illegal manufacture and storage of explosives, investigators said.

Since May, the Russian government has been trying to sell a 67.2% stake in the Yuzhuralzoloto Group of Companies.

Unverified reports suggested that a defense plant and an oil refinery were among the sites targeted in the overnight airstrikes.