Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been charged with aiding “terrorist activity” and has been placed on an international wanted list.
The FSB’s Public Relations Center said the charges came after the security service determined that Telegram was not deleting “numerous channels, chats, and bots of this messenger, which are actively used by Ukrainian special services, terrorist, and extremist organizations to prepare and coordinate acts of sabotage and terrorism, mass murder, and cyber fraud in the Russian Federation, which have resulted in numerous human casualties, including women and children, as well as multibillion-dollar material damage.”
Earlier this year, Russia’s Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media (Roskomnadzor) accused the platform of violating national law and extended restrictions against it imposed in 2025.
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