The Ministry of Internal Affairs Accused Telegram of Refusing to Cooperate in the Fight Against Drugs.

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Telegram representatives do not make contact with Russian law enforcement agencies on the subject of counter-narcotics, despite the fact that often consumer-trader communication takes place in this messenger, said the head of the Directorate-General for Drug Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Major-General Kirill Smurov. "Our proposals for contacts (founder of Telegram Pavel Durov) do not respond in any way," said Smurv at a meeting of…

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Messenger Telegram refused to cooperate with the Russian police in countering drug propaganda, reported to the head of the Directorate-General for Drug Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kyrill Smurov. In addition to Darknet, Telegram was actively used to involve teenagers in drug offences, said Smoorov at a meeting of the bureau of the Public Council of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, transmitting TASS. "There are a number o…

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Paul Durov found himself at the centre of a new dispute with law enforcement officials.

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In the network, hundreds of thousands have blocked resources containing pro-narcotic content, Silovics interact with social network administrators and messengers, and the head of the Department of Drug Control of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Kirill Smurov, said.

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation is working with social network administrators and Massengers to quickly remove materials from drug propaganda, as described by Kiril Smurov, head of the Directorate-General for Drug Control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, at a meeting of the Presidency of the Public Council of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.