Russia adds Telegram founder Durov to ‘terrorist’ blacklist
Russia’s long-running dispute with Telegram His Telegram messenger is one of the country’s main communications platforms and officials have repeatedly tried to block access or thwart its success in a bid to pressure Durov to hand over user data, or push Russians to use an unencrypted state-backed alternative.
Russia on Thursday added Telegram founder Pavel Durov to a blacklist of “terrorists and extremists”, days after saying it was seeking his arrest over accusations he let his platform be used by Ukrainian intelligence.
Moscow for years tried and failed to block Telegram, and has recently been pushing users to switch to an unencrypted state-backed messenger, named Max, that Durov has slammed as a “built for surveillance and political censorship”.
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