In 2018, Russia banned Telegram although it reversed the prohibition two years later. I want a secure messaging app, should I use Telegram? Telegram was co-founded by Pavel and Nikolai Durov, the brothers who had previously created VKontakte. VK is Russiaโs equivalent of Facebook, a social network used for public and private messaging, audio and video sharing as well as online gaming. In January, SimpleWeb reported that VK was Russiaโs fourth most-visited website, after Yandex, YouTube and Googleโs Russian-language homepage. In 2016, Forbesโ Michael Solomon described Pavel Durov (pictured, below) as the โMark Zuckerberg of Russia.โ "He has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Marรฉchal said. Sebi said data, emails and other documents are being retrieved from the seized devices and detailed investigation is in progress.
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