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Telegram said the new curbs were “intended to justify outlawing Telegram and forcing citizens on to a state-controlled messaging platform engineered for mass surveillance and censorship.” The company was referring to Max, Russia’s government-backed messenger.
WhatsApp, with more than 100 million users in Russia,made similar accusations last week after the Kremlin confirmed that Roskomnadzor was blocking the messaging app.
Shadayev expressed hope that Russian soldiers would switch to Max, but vowed to keep Telegram working in areas near the front lines in Ukraine after pro-war bloggers and State Duma members argued the curbs would disrupt command and control systems for Russian troops.
Telegram, based in Dubai, and its founder, Pavel Durov, have regularly denied sharing user data or private messages with governments.
Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskovsaid Thursday that the latest restrictions did not affect the Kremlin’s own Telegram channel.
“We have many compatriots abroad, and many foreigners are interested in the president’s agenda. It’s in our interest to communicate that agenda,” Peskov told a journalist with the Telegram channel Life, who said he could not load any of the Kremlin’s videos.