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Russia’s main domestic security agency says the founder of the messaging app Telegram has been charged with aiding terrorism and put on an international wanted list
Russia puts him in an international wanted list.
The FSB security service said it had launched international search proceedings for Durov.
The international wanted notice against Pavel Durov comes after the FSB said that Telegram had failed to remove “numerous channels, chats, and bots” allegedly used by “Ukrainian intelligence agencies and terrorist and extremist organisations” to prepare and coordinate acts of “sabotage and terrorism, mass murder, and cyber fraud” in Russia.
Moscow: Telegram founder Pavel Durov on Thursday slammed Russia's recent decision to label him a "terrorist" after he refused to comply with state demands for mass censorship and surveillance on his platform.In a recent statement shared on X, Durov pointed out that he has been banned from "publishing information on the internet" under Russian law.Mocking the measures, he remarked, "Russia has designated me as a 'terrorist' for refusing its demands for mass surveillance and censorship on Telegram. Under Russian law, I'm banned from 'publishing information on the Internet'. Russian officials are