A message on the VGTRK website stated that "technical works were being carried out," while the Smotrim website was not loading at all. The state-run RIA Novosti news agency later reported that the outage was caused by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack.

Turkey Earthquake Highlights: A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's southern province of Hatay and northern Syria on Monday, killing six people and injuring nearly 300 others. The recent tremors were centred near the southern Turkish city of Antakya and were felt in Syria, Egypt and Lebanon. The earthquake was reported just a few weeks after a strong quake of 7.4 magnitude left nearly 45,000 dead in both countries. Hatay was the hardest hit among other regions as rescuers struggled to find survivors in bad weather conditions. Check Turkey Earthquake Highlights here:

Putin announced that Russia will suspend participation in New Start nuclear treaty — a strategic arms reduction treaty between the US and Russia, limiting arms possession. He also said that Russia needs to be ready to test nuclear weapons if the US does so first.

The suspension of the agreement means that Russia will no longer allow the US or its NATO allies to conduct on-site inspections of its nuclear weaponry.