{"id":55698,"date":"2026-04-08T16:23:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:23:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/russia-looks-to-chinas-wechat-douyin-for-max-messenger"},"modified":"2026-04-08T17:27:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T17:27:24","slug":"russia-looks-to-chinas-wechat-douyin-for-max-messenger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/eritrea\/all-news\/russia-looks-to-chinas-wechat-douyin-for-max-messenger","title":{"rendered":"Russia Looks to China&#8217;s WeChat Douyin for Max Messenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"ap-article-header-tag\"> <strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. <\/strong> <\/span>Russia sees Chinese tech giant Tencent&#8217;s (0700.HK), opens new tab WeChat messaging app and TikTok sister app Douyin as models for developing its own struggling \u200bMax messaging app, Vladimir Kiriyenko, CEO of state-controlled internet firm VK (VKCO.MM), opens new tab, \u200csaid on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin is pushing Russians to use Max instead of Telegram, currently the country&#8217;s most popular messaging app, but is facing stiff resistance from users, who argue \u200bthat Max lags far behind its rival in terms of functionality.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u200bperiodic government attacks over the years, Telegram has grown from a \u2060messaging app into a platform that provides services for business users, monetization \u200bopportunities for content creators, and crypto transactions.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin sees this kind of &#8220;platform economy,&#8221; in \u200bwhich e-commerce firms and affiliated banks help businesses reach their customers through online services, as its main tool for boosting slowing economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>Kiriyenko said that Max, like WeChat, would use \u200bits open platform to integrate third-party chatbots, creating new services for businesses. He \u200badded that 500,000 companies had already registered on Max.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Asian model, WeChat is often cited \u200cas \u2060an example, became successful thanks to its open system,&#8221; Kiriyenko told a conference in Moscow, stressing that partnership is the key to success.<\/p>\n<p>Tencent, for example, launched a tool called ClawBot last month to integrate WeChat with OpenClaw, an open-source AI \u200bagent that can \u200bperform tasks such \u2060as transferring files and sending emails on users&#8217; behalf.<\/p>\n<p>Kiriyenko, whose father Sergei is a former prime minister and now serves \u200bas the influential first deputy head of the Kremlin \u200badministration, was \u2060appointed to VK in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He said his company was also studying Douyin&#8217;s expertise in building a successful e-commerce platform based on short videos.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As people consume content, they \u2060also \u200bfollow creators who promote specific products and services \u200bin areas like beauty, health, and fashion. So now I&#8217;m working on developing it into a more \u200bcollaborative format,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-article-footer-note\">Find more news and analyses on <span class=\"ap-highlight-country\">Eritrea<\/span> on the <span class=\"ap-highlight-brand\">Africa Press<\/span> website<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Eritrea. Russia sees Chinese tech giant Tencent&#8217;s (0700.HK), opens new tab WeChat messaging app and TikTok sister app Douyin as models for developing its own struggling \u200bMax messaging app, Vladimir Kiriyenko, CEO of state-controlled internet firm VK (VKCO.MM), opens new tab, \u200csaid on Wednesday. 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