Durov Comments on Being Added to the List of Terrorists and Extremists in Russia

In Russia, Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messenger, has been added to the list of individuals known to have ties to extremist activities or terrorism. This decision was made by Rosfinmonitoring on July 30. The Federal Security Service (FSB) announced that Durov faced charges of assisting terrorism. It is still unknown how Durov will respond to this situation, but he has consistently supported the demands for free expression and information exchange through his platform. Social networks and internet users are paying attention to this situation.