Washington (AFP) – Russia moved on Friday to restrict Instagram access and launched a criminal case against its owner Meta, as Moscow fired back at the tech giant for allowing posts calling for violence against Russian forces. This new escalation follows Moscow’s blocking of Facebook and limiting of Twitter in a confrontation with US social media platforms that has mushroomed since its invasion of Ukraine. A day after Meta confirmed a temporary easing of its rules to allow calls to violence like “death to the Russian invaders,” Russia’s media regulator said it would restrict access by Monday t…