In case of blocking Telegram all correspondence of Russian officials with friends and relatives will transfer to US-controlled cloud services. About this on his page "Vkontakte" wrote the creator of the messenger Pavel Durov, TV channel "112 Ukraine". "It's ironic that on the agenda in Russia there is no blocking of US-controlled Whatsapp or Facebook Messenger, but the blocking of the neutral Telegram. As soon as Telegram is blocked, the correspondence of Russian officials, their communication with friends and relatives and other sensitive data via WhatsApp / Viber will transfer to the Apple-controlled clouds Apple iCloud / Google Drive, "Durov said.. According to him, this makes no sense from the point of view of Russia's national security. "From the side it looks like a kind of sabotage of state interests," he stressed.. Today, the head of Roskomnadzor Alexander Zharov said that if the Roscomnadzor does not receive a questionnaire filled with the administration of Telegram with information about the company managing the project, in Russia it can be blocked.

June 24, 2016 State Duma supported the package of laws, known by the name of his co-author, State Duma deputy of the Russian Federation of the sixth convocation Irina Yarovoy, which significantly tightens Russian legislation. On June 29, it was approved by the Federation Council, and on July 7 it was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the document, mobile operators were obliged to store records of calls and SMS-correspondence of their customers within six months. Data on who, when and to whom he called, should be kept for three years.

Original article: Durov called possible blocking of Telegram "sabotage of state interests".