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FSB Issues Arrest Warrant for Pavel Durov
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FSB issues arrest warrant for Telegram founder Pavel Durov on charges of facilitating terrorist activities due to Telegram's content failure to remove used by Ukrainian intelligence and extremist groups.
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FSB Issues Arrest Warrant for Pavel Durov
Russia's FSB security service has issued an arrest warrant for Telegram founder Pavel Durov on charges of facilitating terrorist activities. The FSB alleged that Telegram's failure to remove content used by Ukrainian intelligence services and 'extremist' groups to coordinate sabotage, cyber fraud, and armed attacks inside Russia constituted a crime. Telegram's official account on X responded to the allegations, stating that the company does not condone or support terrorism in any form.
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