By Logan Mahan At midnight, Russia officially cut off access to Instagram, banning the platform for much of the country’s population. The ban comes just days after Moscow vowed to restrict access to the photo-sharing app in retaliation for Facebook parent company Meta’s decision to allow calls for violence against Russian soldiers on its platforms. On Friday, Instagram users in Russia were given a 48-hour grace period by Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzorto and told to transfer their photos and videos from Instagram before the ban went into effect at midnight Sunday, when they woul…