Russia's state media watchdog says that there will be a ban on the photo sharing website due to calls for violence against Russian soldiers.
Meta said it would allow its users in some countries to call for violence against Putin.
Death to the Russian invaders will be temporarily allowed in order to break its rules.
It won't allow calls for violence against Russian civilians.
Russia called on the US to stop Meta's Extremist activities in response to the social media giant's shift in policy.
According to a statement by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office, a criminal investigation was called for against Meta because of Russian propaganda.
The agency said that the Prosecutor General's Office had asked the state media watchdog to restrict access to the photo-sharing site over the distribution of information that called for violent actions against Russians.
On 4 March, the agency said it was blocking access to Facebook in Russia because of discrimination against Russian media.
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The messaging platform is not being blocked in Russia as it is not a social network.
The policy shift was announced by Meta after the news agency said it had seen internal emails.
In light of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, we made a temporary exception for those affected by the war, to express violent sentiments toward invading armed forces.
Users in Russia, Ukraine and Poland will be able to call for the deaths of Mr Putin and Alexander Lukashenko under the amended policy.
The calls for the leaders' deaths will be allowed if they include other targets or methods, according to the emails.
When the post clearly references the invasion of Ukraine, calls for violence against Russians can be made.
Russia's embassy in the US demanded that US authorities stop the activities of Meta and take measures to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Users of Facebook andInstagram did not give the owners of these platforms the right to determine the criteria of truth and pit nations against each other.
Russia announced last week that it was blocking Facebook and its platforms, citing 26 cases of discrimination against Russian media by Facebook.
The site was not completely unavailable despite being restricted in Russia.
Moscow has cracked down on several social media platforms as it pursues a special operation in Ukraine.
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