Policy & Geopolitics
Telegram founder Pavel Durov faces criminal probe in Russia
Russian authorities have opened a criminal inquiry into Pavel Durov, accusing Telegram of facilitating hostile acts, while network-level measures and regulatory moves against other messaging services signal a broader campaign to degrade foreign encrypted platforms. Combined with FSB warnings about battlefield metadata and the delisting of WhatsApp from regulator listings, the steps point to a coordinated mix of legal, technical and administrative pressure designed to push users toward state-approved, more surveilled alternatives.
