The Kremlin is trying to calm fears that the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France could upend the messaging platform, which is extremely popular in Russia and plays a key role in coordinating the war effort in Ukraine.
Russian government spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that callsfor users to delete their sensitive messages on the app, including from the editor of Russia’s state-run RT news, were “utterly stupid.”
Peskov added that though the allegations against Durov, who was born in Russia but also has citizenship in France and
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