Is it illegal to pay for Telegram Premium in Russia now that Pavel Durov is on the terrorism list? Not yet.

Paying for Telegram Premium isn’t considered a criminal offense (at least not yet) because Russia’s Federal Financial Monitoring Service, known as Rosfinmonitoring, added Pavel Durov personally to its list. There is no court ruling designating the messaging app itself as an extremist or terrorist organization.

Those on the list are essentially banned from conducting transactions inside Russia.

The designation comes a day after the FSB security service issued a warrant for Durov’s arrest on charges of facilitating terrorist activities.

Africa · Eastern Key Facts —The charge. Russia’s FSB charged Pavel Durov under Article 205.1 for “facilitating terrorist activities” on 29 July 2026. —The warrant. An international arrest warrant was issued, though Durov lives outside Russia, reportedly in Dubai. —The allegation. Telegram allegedly failed to remove cha

The technology magnate is accused of allowing the popular messaging app to be used by Ukrainian security services.

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

Russia announced on Wednesday that it was seeking the arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov over accusations of "complicity in terrorism", alleging he had let the platform be used for recruitment by Ukraine's security services.

FSB claims Ukrainian spies use chat platform to recruit Russians for sabotage and arson

Russia charged Pavel Durov, the founder, owner and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism and put him on an international wanted list, the country’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday. The charges against Durov, who was born and began his career in Russia but later moved abroad, came as Russ

In the West, we are concerned about big tech's influence on our politics and societies. Russians have the opposite problem.

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

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

Manuel Blondeau - Corbis / Corbis via Getty Images Pavel Durov, the billionaire founder of Telegram, has been charged by Russian authorities with aiding terrorism and placed on an international wanted list. Russia’s Federal Security Service, also known as the FSB, alleges that Telegram failed to remove channels, chats

The founder of Telegram was the target of a international warrant issued by Russia which wants him on charges the app was used to organize "terror" attacks.

Russia has charged Telegram's founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism over allegations the messenger app has been used for recruitment by Ukrainian secret services.

Russia charges Telegram founder Durov with 'aiding terrorism'  thenationalnews.com

Russia charged Pavel Durov, the founder, owner and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, with aiding terrorism and put him on an international wanted list, the country’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday.

Pavel Durov, the founder and chief executive of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism by Russia's security agency.

Russia's FSB says Telegram has not pulled content used by Ukrainian intelligence and 'terrorist' groups to plan attacks.

The charges against Pavel Durov reflected an ongoing fight over one of the most popular messaging and media apps in the country.

Moscow claims the platform allows Ukrainian intelligence services to recruit spies and support terrorist activities.

The FSB claims the messenger app, created by Pavel Durov, has failed to remove accounts and channels used for recruitment by Ukraine's secret service.

Pavel Durov, founder and owner of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with aiding terrorism and put on Russia’s international wanted list.

MOSCOW, July 29 (Reuters) - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that it had charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities and had issued an international warrant for his arrest. The FSB said that the charges related to Telegram's failure to remove material "used by Uk

Russia charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism, puts him on wanted listRussia's Federal Security Service (FSB) on Wednesday charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorist activities and placed him on an international wanted list, accusing the messaging platform of failing to remove conten

MOSCOW: Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday (Jul 29) that it had charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities and had issued an international warrant for his arrest.The FSB said that the charges related to Telegram's failure to remove material "used by Ukrainian spec

Russian authorities charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activity and placed him on an international wanted list. The FSB linked the allegations to Telegram content it claims was used by Ukrainian intelligence services

Russia Charges Telegram Founder With Aiding Terrorism And Puts Him On Wanted List  HuffPost

Telegram, an encrypted messenger app founded in 2013, says it has more than 1 billion users and is widely used on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine war.

Moscow has escalated its pressure on Telegram, accusing the platform of hosting tools used to coordinate deadly attacks and sabotage across Russia.

Russia’s main domestic security agency said that Pavel Durov, the founder of messaging app Telegram, has been charged with “aiding terrorism” and put on an international wanted list.The charges against Mr Durov, who was born and began his career in Russia but later moved abroad, come as Russian authorities restrict Tel

He has been put on an international wanted list

Russia’s main domestic security agency said Wednesday that Pavel Durov, founder of the messaging app Telegram, has been charged with “aiding terrorism” and put on an international wanted list.

The FSB says the charges are related to Telegram's failure to remove material 'used by Ukrainian special services and by terrorist and extremist organizations to prepare and coordinate acts of sabotage and terrorism... within the Russian Federation'

Russia charged the messaging app's founder Pavel Durov with terrorism charges on Wednesday.

1 min readUpdated: Jul 29, 2026 12:28 PM IST Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov, center, smiles following his meeting with Indonesian Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara in Jakarta, Indonesia on August. (AP) Russia on Wednesday charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with “aiding terrorism” and has put the mess

MOSCOW, July 29 - Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday that it had charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activities, and that it had issued an international warrant for his arrest.

Russia charged billionaire Telegram co-founder Pavel Durov with aiding terrorism, accusing him of allowing the popular messaging app to be used by Ukrainian security services.

Russia's FSB charges Telegram founder Durov with facilitating terrorism, Ifax says  Reuters