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From creating Telegram to being a 'computer terrorist' for Russia, the story of Pavel Durov

Telegram, which was officially launched in 2013, is more than 1 billion users per month, making it a global tool.

Reliability 61 · high1 h agoJuly 31, 2026

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Tool of Ukrainian terrorists and saboteurs Its secrecy (the implementation of secret chats that protect users' privacy with exclusive encryption and up to 200,000 people per group) has made Telegram a very attractive instrument for criminals and extremists. Macron stated in early June that Fedorova was already serving Russian "state propaganda" in 2017 and that "things had not changed" since then. Media career Fedorova ran the French branch of the Russian state channel RT until 2022, banned in the European Union shortly after the Russian invasion of Ucrânia.

The same facts are framed differently: Center — “terrorists” ; Right — “invasion”, “liberation”, “propaganda”.

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Tool of Ukrainian terrorists and saboteurs Its secrecy (the implementation of secret chats that protect users' privacy with exclusive encryption and up to 200,000 people per group) has made Telegram a very attractive instrument for criminals and extremists.
according to El Universo (EC) — Noticias
Macron stated in early June that Fedorova was already serving Russian "state propaganda" in 2017 and that "things had not changed" since then.
according to El Español — Portada
Media career Fedorova ran the French branch of the Russian state channel RT until 2022, banned in the European Union shortly after the Russian invasion of Ucrânia.
according to El Español — Portada