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| The Russian State Duma and Telegram |
| 2026-02-13 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin: [ColonelCassad] Yesterday's events in the State Duma on the topic of Telegram. The Kremlin stated yesterday that if Telegram fails to comply with Russian laws, Roskomnadzor (the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) has the right to block it. Roskomnadzor also announced yesterday that it would block Telegram due to the messenger's non-compliance with Russian law. P.S. Roskomnadzor also removed WhatsApp from its DNS servers yesterday, effectively blocking it completely. However, the messenger is accessible via VPN, as are a number of other blocked resources. Roskomnadzor is currently working on restrictions on VPN services. Meanwhile, judging by yesterday's statements, amid the heated rhetoric between the Russian authorities and Telegram, negotiations are underway regarding the service's operation in Russia. Maybe they'll reach an agreement. Or maybe they won't. If they don't, Telegram will suffer the same fate as YouTube. It will operate via VPN, but it will lose a significant portion of its audience in Russia. |
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