@OP, we will appreciate if you could provide us a link to your source. 
The thread was created today but the news has been existing since two or three days ago. You can read about it in details on cointelegraph using the link below. https://www.google.com/amp/s/cointelegraph.com/news/major-p2p-crypto-platform-localbitcoins-is-blocked-in-russia/amp