Pavel Durov

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Pavel Durov is the founder of the Telegram messaging app and has been listed by Russia's Rosfinmonitoring as a terrorist and extremist since at least July 2014, allegedly due to links with the 'Daiwinchik' bot, which Russian authorities claim was used for recruitment by Ukrainian intelligence. Despite this designation, Telegram as a legal entity remains accessible in Russia, and users are permitted to use the service. Durov announced plans for a Telegram-based cryptocurrency wallet called Gram and a .gram domain, and has made public statements on social media, including brief posts on VKontak…

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