In the absence of a modern battlefield management system, Russian troops have also grown to rely on Telegram in their day-to-day operations.
Pavel Durov, CEO and co-founder of Telegram speaks onstage during day one of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015 at Pier 70 on September 21, 2015 in San Francisco, California. – French judicial authorities on August 25 extended the detention of the Russian-born founder and chief of Telegram Pavel Durov after his arrest at a Paris airport over alleged offences related to the popular but controversial messaging app.
“They’re terrified,” Ivan Filippov, who studies Moscow propaganda, said, referring to influential pro-war bloggers with tens of thousands of followers. While military observers do not expect Durov’s arrest to have any immediate impact on Russia’s war in Ukraine, it might spur the development of alternative encrypted communications systems in Russia.
The team and supporters of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny also actively use Telegram, and Durov’s detention has split the anti-Kremlin opposition. “I believe that France has no right to treat him any differently than anyone who runs a marketplace selling drugs and child porn, and refuses to remove such services,” Grozev told AFP, referring to Durov.
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