News of an investigation into Pavel Durov, the app’s billionaire founder, deepened a crackdown on what remains of the free Russian internet.

Critics say restricting social media app risks harming communications between state, military units and public A Russian crackdown on the Telegram social media app risks damaging its own army, pro-war ...

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Feb 24 - Russia stepped up its bid to subjugate the Telegram messaging app on Tuesday, ...

MOSCOW (AP) — Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messaging app, said Tuesday that the Russian government had opened a ...

Russia is investigating Telegram founder Pavel Durov as part of a criminal ‌case on the "facilitation of terrorist activities ...

Russia is intensifying efforts to push users away from foreign messaging apps and toward a domestic platform that has been criticized as a surveillance tool.

Some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s most vocal fans are up in arms over the Kremlin’s latest move to restrict the Telegram messaging service and push people to use a new state-backed ...

Russian authorities have begun restricting access to Telegram, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, as the government continues to push everyday Russians toward its own tightly ...

The throttling of the communication app, used by more than 100 million Russians, endangers what remains of the country’s free internet. By Paul Sonne and Oleg Matsnev Reporting from Berlin Russia on ...

State watchdog cites data protection, fraud issues Has taken similar steps against WhatsApp, FaceTime Telegram founder says app stands for freedom of expression Telegram facing possible fines from ...

Founded in 2013 by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, Telegram is a cloud-based encrypted messaging service with over 400 million users. Through its purported security and strict adherence to principles of ...