Pavel Durov(@durov):Russia has designated me as a “terrorist” for refusing its demands for mass surveillance and censorship on Telegram. Under Russian law, I’m banned from “publishing information on the Internet” 😌 Russian officials are clearly confused about who can ban whom from the Internet 😉

Pavel Durov

@durov

Founder, CEO at @telegram (2013), founder, ex-CEO of @vkontakte (2006), part-time troll.

Joined September 2008

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Pavel Durov@durov

2026.07.30 16:52

Russia has designated me as a “terrorist” for refusing its demands for mass surveillance and censorship on Telegram. Under Russian law, I’m banned from “publishing information on the Internet” 😌 Russian officials are clearly confused about who can ban whom from the Internet 😉

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