The developer of the Telegram messaging app has begun the legal process of opening a representative office in Russia, media reported Thursday. The move comes nearly four years after Russia passed ...

Russia officially banned Telegram on April 13, 2018. The ban came after Telegram refused to cooperate with Russia's main intelligence service, the Federal Security Service (FSB).

Russia is not going to ban foreign messengers, a representative of the highest power in Moscow has indicated amid efforts to ...

Russian tech entrepreneur Pavel Durov and other sources have rejected media reports that Telegram is setting up a branch in ...

Telegram stood up to Russia in 2018 when Russia previously required this, and Russia took Telegram to court as a result. Russia dismissed the case in 2020.

The Russian Telegram channel Rybar, founded by Mikhail Zvinchuk, a former employee of Russia's Defense Ministry, similarly pointed out that Telegram "has now become almost the main means of ...

Telegram was launched in 2013 by Russian brothers Pavel and Nikolai Durov, who moved abroad after alleging that another of their brainchildren -- the country's largest social network, VKontakte ...

The messaging service has been banned by Russia's communications regulator, Roskomnadzor (Роскомнадзор, in Russian) since mid-April and the ban follows Telegram losing a court case in ...

Telegram has been blocked in Russia using a brute method that blocks Google and Amazon web services, which in turn has affected many major online services in the country.

But Telegram’s Russia crisis is not the first time that an app banned by the Russian government has had to rely on third-party support to navigate its position with users.

BELGRADE, Serbia -- The Telegram encrypted messaging app must be immediately blocked in Russia, a Moscow court ruled this morning after the cloud-based instant messaging service declined to grant ...