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Revealed: how Russia uses mobile ‘super-app’ Max to spy on its citizens

Research shows tens of millions of people are being forced to use platform that amounts to ‘backdoor’ on their device

The Guardian - UK · Sep 18

Telegram's billionaire founder Pavel Durov has faced legal woes before - in Russia and France

On Wednesday, Russia's Federal Security Service, or FSB, accused him of aiding what it called terrorist activities. It also said it was adding Durov's name to international wanted lists.

The Economic Times · Jul 30

Telegram's billionaire founder Pavel Durov has faced legal woes before -- in Russia and France

Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, has repeatedly run into trouble with both the Kremlin and Western officials as he cast himself as a champion of free speech

The Independent UK · Jul 29

Princess Ingrid Alexandra Of Norway Has Chosen The University Of Sydney For Her Studies

Someone make a Princess & Me movie asap.

Pedestrian.tv · May 27, 2025

Telegram's CEO built two dominant social networks from scratch before 40 and has fathered more than 100 biological children. He's also facing up to 10 years in prison

Pavel Durov co-founded VK when he was just 21, and launched Telegram when he was 28.

Fortune · May 22, 2025

Russians Speak Of Nerves And Hope For Peace As They Shelter In Kursk

Andrey Klimenko hiccups and shifts his weight from one leg to the other.

International Business Times · Mar 17, 2025

'Kraven The Hunter' Review: Sony's Spider-Verse Goes Out With A Whimper

Sony's latest superhero film was supposed to save the Spider-Verse, but it lacks a killer instinct.

Inverse · Dec 11, 2024

Kraven the Hunter star Aaron Taylor-Johnson describes working with Russell Crowe on the Marvel and Sony supervillain thriller as "a dream come true"

Exclusive: Aaron Taylor-Johnson opens up about working with one of his idols

Total Film · Dec 6, 2024

German far-right politician accused of using political prisoners as cheap labour in Belarus

Reports of dissenters working for £4 a day on onion plantation owned by Saxony state parliament AfD member Jörg Dornau

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2024

‘Everything is left behind’: as Russians close in on Ukrainian city, families agonise whether to flee

In Pokrovsk, eastern Ukraine, residents have clung on to hope until the bitter end. Now many are saying goodbye to their homes

The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2024