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Just look at Wikipedia founders and CEO are Russian.

• lamp987 5y ago
  so youre judging people by ethnicity then? the guy doesnt live in russia and the company/servers are outside russia
• deadalus 5y ago
  Telegram is based in UK and UAE. One of the founder is now a French citizen. Telegram has been blocked in Russia in the past : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blocking_Telegram_in_Russia
  • keymone 5y ago
    "has been blocked in Russia in the past" - Russia doesn't just unblock you for no reason after blocking.
    • lamp987 5y ago
      it needs alternative to western services there is a whole sea of antiputin communities on telegram, i doubt its putin-controlled