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Russia opens criminal case against Telegram's Durov for 'promoting terrorism,' reports say

Russia has opened a terrorism-related criminal case against Telegram founder Pavel Durov amid new blocks on the app and a push for a state-controlled alternative, according to Russian state media reports.

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00:02Telegram founder Pavel Durov is being investigated as part of a criminal case on suspicion of aiding terrorist activities,
00:09according to two Russian outlets who did not cite a source.
00:12Both articles, which mention Durov's criminal case, are written in an identical tone and use similar expressions.
00:20In particular, they state that as a result of terrorist attacks carried out using the Telegram messaging app,
00:26journalists Daria Dugina and Vladlin Tatarsky, along with nine high-ranking Russian military personnel, were killed, while four others were
00:35wounded.
00:36The articles also state that since 2022, the Russian Security Service has prevented 475 terrorist attacks against the military, government
00:46officials, and infrastructure facilities,
00:48all of which were claimed to have been planned using Telegram.
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