Russia further increases pressure on Telegram. The Federal Security Service (FSB) has indicted the platform’s founder, Pavel Durov, accusing him of facilitating terrorist activities, claiming that the app did not remove content used by Ukrainian intelligence services and extremist groups to organize sabotage, attacks, and cyber fraud on Russian territory. According to the Interfax agency, Moscow has also issued an international arrest warrant against the entrepreneur.
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The investigation represents a new chapter in the clash between the Kremlin and Telegram, an application with over a billion users that has become one of the main communication tools during the war in Ukraine, used by both civilians and military. For months, Russian authorities have accused the platform of not cooperating in removing content considered extremist and are promoting the adoption of the national app MAX as an alternative.
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Durov, a citizen of the United Arab Emirates and France, has lived outside Russia since 2014, after leaving control of the social network VK following Kremlin pressure. Neither he nor Telegram have issued immediate comments on the new accusations. Meanwhile, the platform’s founder is still under investigation in France for alleged shortcomings in content moderation and cooperation with judicial authorities, accusations he has always denied.
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