At the moment, there is a tense situation between the Russian authorities and
The founder of the popular service telegram Pavel Durov. According to Russian legislation, the "organizer of the dissemination of information" on the Internet must ensure the storage in Russia of data about its users and all information that they exchange, within six months. Telegram previously reported that it keeps all correspondence of users, except for messages in secret chat rooms, on its servers located in different countries of the world, including in London, Singapore and San Francisco. There is no common data store - different servers serve customers in different parts of the world. Zharov in his address warned of the threat of blocking Telegram in Russia. Durov believes that such a step will strike, including on representatives of the authorities in Russia.
