In Russia, Durov was accused of aiding terrorism and put on the international wanted list.
The Russian FSB has put the founder of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov on the international wanted list for aiding terrorist activities.
The Russian FSB has put the founder of the Telegram messenger Pavel Durov on the international wanted list for aiding terrorist activities.
In fact, in Russia, Durov is accused of the same thing that they want to ban Telegram for in Ukraine.
«The numbered channels, chat rooms, and bots of this messenger are actively used by Ukrainian special services, terrorist, and extremist organizations to prepare and coordinate sabotage and terrorist acts, mass murders, and cyber-fraud activities in the Russian Federation, which resulted in numerous human casualties and multi-billion dollar material losses,» the Russian Interfax quoted the FSB as saying.
In turn, Kommersant reports that since the summer of last year, 46 people aged 12 to 22 have been detained in the case being investigated by Durov. They are suspected of attacks on security forces, arson, and money transfers in cryptocurrency.
Thus, Durov was charged with facilitating terrorist activities because «the messenger administration does not delete channels and bots that are used to coordinate terrorist attacks and sabotage in the Russian Federation.»
In addition, the press service of Roskomnadzor stated that Telegram does not comply with the requirements of Russian legislation, and therefore the restrictions on the service will be extended «in order to achieve compliance with Russian legislation and ensure the protection of citizens.»
Since the beginning of this year alone, Telegram has been fined in the Russian Federation for a total of over 100 million rubles, with the fines imposed on the messenger mainly for failing to remove content prohibited in the Russian Federation.
On Monday, Putin’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that there are contacts regarding the restoration of Telegram, but «representatives of the messenger themselves are not very active.»
In April of this year, the level of blocking Telegram in Russia approached 100%. Meanwhile, Durov stated that despite the blocking of Telegram in the Russian Federation, more than 50 million Russians use it daily.
According to the head of the information security and cybersecurity service of the NSDC Apparatus, which she expressed to dev.ua, all information from Telegram ends up in the hands of the Russian special services.
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«Durov was and remains an FSB agent.» Telegram will be blocked only for Russian soldiers (and not in the Russian Federation as a whole) so that the FSB can control the situation — riots are starting. This was stated by the former head of the Cyber Police, Sergey Demedyuk
«Durov was and remains an FSB agent.» Telegram will be blocked only for Russian soldiers (and not in the Russian Federation as a whole) so that the FSB can control the situation — riots are starting. This was stated by the former head of the Cyber Police, Sergey Demedyuk
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