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On April 16, 2018, the Russian government began blocking access to Telegram, an instant messaging service. [1] The blocking led to interruptions in the operation of many third-party services, but practically did not affect the availability of Telegram in Russia. It was officially unblocked on June 19, 2020. [2]
Telegram was a key platform for sharing information and coordinating rallies during the 2020–2021 Belarusian protests. [3] Telegram was one of few communication platforms available in Belarus during the three days of internet shutdown that followed the day of the presidential election, which Belarus's president Alexander Lukashenko won amid widespread allegations of election fraud. [4]
On 31 March 2013, The New York Times reported that Russia was "selectively blocking [the] Internet". [21] In 2014, during the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation , Roskomnadzor had a number of websites criticising Russian policy in Ukraine blocked, including the blog of Alexei Navalny , Kasparov.ru and Грани.ру [ ru ] . [ 22 ]
Russia began to block access to Telegram in 2018. The action interrupted many third-party services, but had little effect on the availability of Telegram there.
* Russia began blocking Telegram in 2018 after the app refused to comply with a court order to grant state security services access to its users' encrypted messages.
Telegram Messenger said it does not know why fines against it and other major technology companies were dropped in Russia, but said it has no assets, offices or employees there.
ISP block page translates to "Access to the resource is limited on the basis of the Federal Law of July 27, 2006 No. 149-FZ on Information, Information Technologies and Information Protection. Find out why." This is a list of notable websites that have been blocked or censored in Russia, including current and past
The European Court of Human Rights made a ruling in a long-running case involving Telegram's encrypted messaging. The fight to protect encryption just got a boost in a ruling about Telegram and Russia