Telegram users appealed to Pavel Durov with a request not to allow the ban of the messenger in Russia and yield to the requirements of Roskomnadzor. The relevant petition appeared on the Change site. Org. The authors of the petition assert that the management of Telegram allegedly received a notification from Roskomnadzor about the need to provide data for inclusion in the register of information dissemination organizers (ARI), but so far the Office has not received a response. In case of repeated ignoring, the federal service allegedly will block the program in Russia, the Internet statement says.. "Do you want to protect our freedom by not responding to the request of the Federal Service for Supervision of Health and Safety without accessing the register of information disseminators. We ask you to prevent Telegram from being included in the list of messengers banned in Russia, "- said in an appeal on behalf of users to Durov.

Press-secretary of Roskomnadzor Vadim Ampelonsky declared "Lente. "That the agency does not comment on the rumors. On May 5 Roskomnadzor closed access to the Chinese messenger WeChat. The reason for blocking was the failure to provide contact information to the agency. After the company-owner of the program agreed with the authorities' demand, on May 11 the service was again available to users.

Original article: A petition appeared on the network against the blocking of Telegram in Russia.