RUSSIA CHARGES TELEGRAM FOUNDER PAVEL DUROV WITH AIDING TERRORISM AND PUTS HIM ON WANTED LIST

2026-07-29T06:40:25Z Russia’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday that Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with “aiding terrorism” and put on an international wanted list. Telegram’s administration has not removed “numerous channels, chats and bots” that are “actively used by Ukrainian intelligence agencies, terrorist, and extremist organizations to prepare and coordinate acts of…

Associated Press reports that 2026-07-29T06:40:25Z Russia’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday that Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with “aiding terrorism” and put on an international wanted list.

The report adds: Telegram’s administration has not removed “numerous channels, chats and bots” that are “actively used by Ukrainian intelligence agencies, terrorist, and extremist organizations to prepare and coordinate acts of…

Durov earlier this year announced that the Russian authorities opened a criminal investigation against him and accused them of fabricating pretexts to restrict access to Telegram as part of an attempt to “suppress the…

This report is covered across 1 DAMMNEWS feed. Security reporting can change quickly. The useful distinction is between an announcement, a reported event, independent confirmation and the response that follows.

DAMMNEWS has found 1 closely matched item in its current cache — listed below for comparison. Coverage volume is not independent verification.

DAMMNEWS RSS BRIEFING — generated locally from the available Associated Press headline and RSS excerpt. It is not a summary of the full source article.