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Telegram Shutdown Begins in Russia — Here's Everything We Know

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Russian Telegram users have been reporting struggles to use the app since the weekend, ahead of the full blockage expected in April. VPNs seem to be working — but this may soon change.

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Telegram is the most used message application in Russia and starts a blocking process. Thousands of users report problems. Russia’s criticisms are still on Ursula Von der Leyen.

·Portugal
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The Kremlin's surveillance madness is getting worse: even officials, MPs and top managers of state-owned companies do not want to use the forced national messenger Max. It is feared that the application is spying on their users in its entirety. Since mid-March, the Messenger Telegram no longer works in Russia. Users complain that they can neither view news nor upload photos and videos. Experts interviewed by the Russian daily "Kommersant" are of…

·Vienna, Austria
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On the cover of the Russian newspaper Izvesita the joke is all graphic: people walking in the street with a brick instead of a phone and with a worry about trying to connect. The newspaper sought to portray what has been happening for a few days, in which mobile internet access has been cut off in the capital, Moscow, a city of 13 million inhabitants, where many have been unable to pay online bills or communicate with their co-workers.

·Chile
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Радыё Свабода broke the news in on Tuesday, March 17, 2026.
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