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Putin’s Crackdown on Telegram Slammed by Russian Propagandists

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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 alternative.

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In Russia, the Roskomnadsor Telecommunications Authority has throttled the data streams of the Messenger Telegram and further restricted the service.

The Russian Federation began to restrict Telegram, and the military was most outraged: the messenger became their main channel of communication, coordination and intelligence. Why “freedom of speech” is fiction here and how Durov earns money from the war.

From one of its main advocates, Vladimir Soloviv, to the members of the State Council and Z blogging on the Ukrainian front, Vladimir Putin's "portals" criticise the authorities for blocking...

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The Kremlin is preparing for a new stage of digital restrictions: the popular Telegram message application could be completely blocked in the Russian Federation starting on 1 April.

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A new measure of Kremlin's restriction of Telegram's application triggers an unexpected revolution even among Vladimir Putin's most vocal supporters. Propagandists, pro-war blogs and even regional officials criticize the decision, considering it a very expensive step that is likely to undermine efforts to promote and communicate on the front, according to Digi24. Millions of users [...]

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eurotopics.net broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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