Coverage dated July 29, 2026 to July 30, 2026

Russian officials charge founder of Telegram app

Headline from Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Russian authorities said Wednesday they had charged Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism, the latest step by the Kremlin to bring the internet and digital communications under its control.

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  1. Philadelphia Inquirer

    Russia charges Telegram app founder Pavel Durov with "aiding terrorism" and puts him on an international wanted list (opens Philadelphia Inquirer)

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    Russia charges Telegram app founder Pavel Durov with "aiding terrorism" and puts him on an international wanted list

  2. WTOP Washington DC

    Russia charges Telegram app founder Pavel Durov with “aiding terrorism” and puts him on an international wanted list (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    MOSCOW (AP) — Russia charges Telegram app founder Pavel Durov with “aiding terrorism” and puts him on an international wanted…

  3. KOB 4

    Russia accuses Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of aiding terrorism in its latest digital crackdown (opens KOB 4)

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    Russian authorities have charged Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism and placed him on an international wanted list. The Federal Security Service, or FSB, accused Telegram of failing to remove content allegedly used by Ukrainian intelligence …

  4. Daily Journal

    Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism and puts him on wanted list (opens Daily Journal)

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    Russia’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday that Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with “aiding terrorism” and put on an international wanted list. Telegram’s administration has not removed “numerous channels, chats and bots” that are “actively used by Uk…

  5. New York Post

    Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism, puts him on wanted list — as app fires back (opens New York Post)

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    Russia’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday that Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with “aiding terrorism” and put on an international wanted list.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    Russia charges Telegram founder Durov with aiding terrorism (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Moscow has escalated its pressure on Telegram, accusing the platform of hosting tools used to coordinate deadly attacks and sabotage across Russia.

  7. France 24

    Russia issues international wanted notice against Telegram founder Pavel Durov for aiding terrorism (opens France 24)

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    Moscow on Wednesday said it had issued an international wanted notice for Russian-born Telegram CEO Pavel Durov for "complicity in terrorism". Russian security services accused Durov of failing to remove "channels, chats and bots" on the popular messaging platform allegedly used by Ukraine to recrui…

  8. Al-Monitor

    Russia charges Telegram founder Durov with facilitating terrorism (opens Al-Monitor)

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    MOSCOW, July 29 (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that it had charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities and had issued an international warrant for his arrest.

  9. Al-Monitor

    Russia charges Telegram founder Durov with aiding terrorism, he gives Moscow the finger (opens Al-Monitor)

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    MOSCOW, July 29 (Reuters) - Russia said on Wednesday it had charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activity, alleging that his hugely popular messaging app was being used by Ukrainian spies to organise attacks inside Russia.

  10. Al Jazeera

    Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with ‘aiding terrorism’ (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Russia's FSB says Telegram has not pulled content used by Ukrainian intelligence and 'terrorist' groups to plan attacks.

  11. Jonesboro Sun

    Russia puts Telegram founder Durov on a wanted list over charges of aiding terrorism (opens Jonesboro Sun)

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    Russia has charged Pavel Durov, founder of Telegram, with aiding terrorism and placed him on an international wanted list. The Federal Security Service accused Telegram of failing to remove content allegedly used by Ukrainian intelligence and extremist groups. This comes…

  12. CBS News

    Russia charges Telegram founder with aiding terrorism, seeks his arrest (opens CBS News)

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    Soon after the charges were announced, Telegram's official account on X posted an image of Durov making an obscene gesture.

  13. WFMZ Allentown

    Russia seeks arrest of Telegram chief Durov (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    Russia announced on Wednesday that it was seeking the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov over accusations of "complicity in terrorism", alleging he had let the platform be used for recruitment by Ukraine's security services.

  14. Washington Times

    Russia puts Telegram founder Pavel Durov on a wanted list over charges of aiding terrorism (opens Washington Times)

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    Russia charged Pavel Durov, the founder, owner and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism and put him on an international wanted list, the country's main domestic security agency said Wednesday.

  15. UPI

    Russia charges Telegram CEO Pavel Durov with 'promoting terrorism' (opens UPI)

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    The founder of Telegram was the target of a international warrant issued by Russia which wants him on charges the app was used to organize "terror" attacks.

  16. Washington Times

    Telegram's billionaire founder Pavel Durov has faced legal woes before -- in Russia and France (opens Washington Times)

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    Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has repeatedly run into trouble with both the Kremlin and Western officials as he cast himself as a champion of free speech.

  17. WTOP Washington DC

    Telegram’s billionaire founder Pavel Durov has faced legal woes before — in Russia and France (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has repeatedly run into trouble with both the…

  18. Fast Company

    Telegram’s founder, Pavel Durov, is now on an international wanted list (opens Fast Company)

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    Russia charged Pavel Durov , the founder, owner and CEO of the messaging app Telegram , with aiding terrorism and put him on an international wanted list, the country’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday.

  19. The Register

    Moscow slaps Telegram founder on wanted list, Durov responds with one-finger salute (opens The Register)

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    FSB claims Ukrainian spies use chat platform to recruit Russians for sabotage and arson

  20. The Guardian

    Russia accuses Telegram founder of aiding terrorism in its latest online crackdown (opens The Guardian)

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    FSB puts Pavel Durov on international wanted lists and says his messaging app is used for sabotage and murder Russian officials have charged Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism.

  21. Cleveland Plain Dealer

    Russia charges Telegram founder with aiding terrorists (opens Cleveland Plain Dealer)

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    Russia charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding Ukrainian attacks and placed him on its most-wanted list.

  22. The Boston Globe

    Russia charges Telegram’s founder with facilitating terrorism (opens The Boston Globe)

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    Russia’s main security service said Wednesday that it had charged the founder of Telegram, one of the most popular messaging apps in the country and around the world, with facilitating terrorism, escalating the Kremlin’s efforts to restrict all means of communication not under its direct control.

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  24. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Russian officials charge founder of Telegram app (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Russian authorities said Wednesday they had charged Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism, the latest step by the Kremlin to bring the internet and digital communications under its control.

  25. The Times of Israel

    Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding Ukraine’s ‘terrorism’ (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Moscow alleges messaging app helps Ukrainian spies organize attacks inside Russia; Telegram posts image of Dubai-based Durov gesturing with middle finger

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