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Russia Accuses Telegram Founder of Aiding Terrorism for Refusing To Remove Ukrainian Recruitment Bots

Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with supporting terrorism, alleging he refused to remove bots used by Ukrainian intelligence to recruit operatives. (Credit: TechCrunch Disrupt Europe: Berlin 2013 Uploaded by Schreibvieh / Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.0)

Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with supporting terrorism, accusing him of refusing to remove chats and automated bots that authorities claim were used by Ukrainian intelligence services and terrorist organisations to recruit people inside Russia.

The country's Federal Security Service, or FSB, announced the charges on Wednesday and said Durov had also been placed on an international wanted list.

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