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- Russia added Telegram founder Pavel Durov to its terrorist-extremist blacklist on July 30, 2026 and issued a Federal Security Service (FSB) warrant accusing him of enabling terrorist activity via Telegram.
- Law forces banks to freeze assets for anyone on the Rosfinmonitoring list of 22,400 individuals and 900 organizations.
- Officials allege a Telegram dating bot was used by Ukrainian intelligence to recruit Russians for sabotage, punishable by 15 years in prison.
