Telegram also reportedly received 5,000 IP addresses from another St. Petersburg-based company, Electrontelecom, which IStories identified as an FSB contractor.

Despite its reputation as a secure, independent platform, a joint report by Important Stories and the OCCRP, reveals that key parts of Telegram’s infrastructure may be entangled with Russian ...

Pavel Durov, co-founder and CEO of Telegram, reportedly entered Russia more than 50 times between 2015 and 2021, according to an Aug. 27 report by Important Stories, an independent Russian ...

The group said on Telegram on March 21 that it was "a co-author" of the incident by contributing to its preparations and implementation. It did not name any others involved.

Other Telegram channels reported that the building was completely burned out. Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations said that the fire was spread over 2,900 square feet, having started on the ...