News & information: Telegram bots

Official inline image search: type @pic and a phrase in any chat and pick a picture from Yandex results to send instantly. Free, no app switching, 4.5 million monthly users.

Official inline bot that searches Bing images from any chat: type @bing and a phrase, tap a thumbnail, done. Free alternative to @pic with a different index.

Official inline bot: type @vid and a phrase to insert a YouTube video with preview into any chat. Free, no downloads, 236 thousand monthly users.

Official inline bot: type @wiki and a query in any chat to insert a Wikipedia article card without leaving the conversation. Free, works in every chat, no setup.

Official inline GIF search: type @gif and a mood or phrase in any chat and send an animation in one tap. Free, no app switching, 130 thousand monthly users.

A universal web/RSS reader: submit a link to a website, forum, VK public page, Twitter or Instagram profile, and get updates delivered to Telegram, with paginated news so the feed does not get cluttered. Free, plus companion bots and channels.

"Your helper for monitoring prices on Ozon and Wildberries!" — send a product link and get notified when the price drops. Free, Russian.

Free promo codes from the БериКод.ру service, delivered through a menu that finds the right store category fast — new discounts, gift codes and deals daily. Free, Russian, no hidden charges per the service's own claim.

Send a product link and set a price threshold; the widest-coverage price bot in this list, spanning Ozon, Wildberries, Yandex Market, Lamoda, Auto.ru, Лента and ВсеИнструменты.ру. Free, Russian, no restrictions per its own bio.

Shows the price history for AliExpress products and flags when it looks like a genuinely good time to buy — the only bot in this list focused specifically on AliExpress. Free, Russian.

"This bot is built for tracking prices on WB. To track, enter /track (article) (desired price)." A Wildberries-only bot with a documented, explicit command syntax. Free, Russian.

News delivery bot for Smart-lab, one of the longer-running Russian private-investor communities, pushing market news and posts from the site into Telegram. Free, Russian.

An official weather bot run by Primgidromet (Primorsky Hydrometeorological Service), delivering forecasts for Primorsky Krai (Vladivostok and the Russian Far East) sourced from the regional meteorological service. Free, Russian, regional coverage only.

A bot dedicated specifically to Ozon: tracks price changes on the marketplace, including applying promo codes to the calculated price when available. Free, Russian.

Погодник sends a forecast for your city and links to a companion Telegram channel with daily updates, so you can either pull the forecast on demand or just follow the channel. Free, Russian.

Monitors RSS feeds, plus X and YouTube accounts, and sends a Telegram notification whenever something new is published — turning scattered sources into one feed. Free tier available, English.

Forecast for a chosen city with a bio written in three languages (English, Russian, Ukrainian) — the only weather bot in this list confirmed multilingual out of the box. Free, no account.

"Promo codes for every store," per its own page title, linked to the ха-ха.рф deals site — a general promo-code aggregator across Russian retailers. Free, Russian.

A promo-code bot dedicated specifically to Ozon, per its own page title — one store, deeper focus than a general aggregator. Free, Russian.

Check the weather for any place in the world, instantly and free, per its own bio — a global forecast bot rather than a Russia-only one, likely built on the OpenWeatherMap data set. English, no account.