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		</div><p>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.</p>
<p>A programmer for Russian internet firm Yandex, Grigory Bakunov, said his research showed a system for blocking GPS was operating from the Kremlin.</p>
<p>People have complained on social media that when they are near the Kremlin their GPS-powered apps show them to be in Vnukovo Airport, 18 miles away.</p>
<p>The problem has frustrated those requesting taxis through services such as Uber or looking to catch Pokemons in the popular game played on mobile devices.</p>
<p>Large numbers of people running the Moscow marathon last month complained that their jogging apps lost track of how far they had run when they passed the Kremlin.</p>
<p>&#8220;I got 40 kilometres added on to my distance. It happened by the Kremlin,&#8221; runner Andrey Yegorov wrote on Facebook as part of a discussion by runners.</p>
<p>The link to Vnukovo Airport, according to Mr Bakunov, suggests the purpose of the disruption may be to prevent drones flying over the Kremlin.</p>
<p>GPS often automatically stops drones from flying near airports because of the danger they present to aircraft. Any device mimicking this would be able to halt overflights.</p>
<p>The first anomaly was recorded in June, according to Russian media reports, which have also suggested that the GPS interference comes and goes in a pattern.</p>
<p>Mr Putin&#8217;s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he did not know why the malfunction was occurring but admitted experiencing the problem himself when driving recently.</p>
<p>He redirected questions to Russia&#8217;s Federal Guards Service, which is responsible for protecting the Kremlin and senior Russian officials.</p>
<p>A spokesman for the Federal Guards Service declined to comment.</p>
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