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Russian Authorities Disagree Over Lifting Telegram Ban

By Tsarizm Staff | May 29, 2020

Russian Authorities Disagree Over Lifting Telegram Ban
A girl rushing through the street and talking on the phone. Irbit, Russia
Image by Дмитрий Изосимов [1]

A major state authority in Russia has objected to the State Duma’s proposal to cancel [2] the ban on Telegram’s encrypted messenger in the country.

Russia’s Ministry of Digital Development, Communications and Mass Media, also known as MinComSvyaz [3], doesn’t support a recent initiative to lift the two-year-long Telegram ban [4], local news agency Interfax reports [5] May 26.

On April 22, two deputies at the State Duma proposed a draft bill on terminating the ban of Telegram in Russia [2] due to the coronavirus outbreak…

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