Russians have a TikTok counterpart

Yappy was developed with the support of the Innopraktika Foundation, beta testing started in September, and early access was made available to 300 bloggers.

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As part of a campaign to reduce the influence of foreign sites and advanced technologies, Russia's leading media conglomerate has announced a rival to the TikTok platform.

On Monday, Gazprom Media launched a service called "Yappy".

The application is available for both Apple and Android devices, through the respective stores.

Yappy was developed with the support of the Innopraktika Foundation, beta testing started in September, and early access was made available to 300 bloggers.

The service has a number of features similar to TikTok, and is based on sharing vertical video clips of up to 60 seconds.

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