Kremlin system 'blocking GPS in central Moscow'

Joggers, taxi drivers, Pokemon Go players and senior Russian officials are seeking answers as to why mobile phone apps that use GPS are malfunctioning in central Moscow.

Kremlin system 'blocking GPS in central Moscow'

Joggers, taxi drivers, Pokemon Go players and senior Russian officials are seeking answers as to why mobile phone apps that use GPS are malfunctioning in central Moscow.

A programmer for Russian internet firm Yandex, Grigory Bakunov, said his research showed a system for blocking GPS was operating from the Kremlin, the heavily guarded official residence of president Vladimir Putin.

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