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Russia threatens to block Telegram messaging app

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Two men pose with smartphones in front of a screen showing the Telegram logo in this picture illustration taken in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina November 18, 2015. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday accused the Telegram messaging app of violating Russian legislation and said it could be blocked if it did not provide the watchdog with information about the company that controls Telegram.

MOSCOW Russia’s communications regulator Roskomnadzor on Friday accused the Telegram messaging app of violating Russian legislation and said it could be blocked if it did not provide the watchdog with information about the company that controls Telegram.

Roskomnadzor’s head Alexander Zharov said in a letter published on the regulator’s website that time was running out for Telegram to provide Roskomnadzor with the necessary information.

(Reporting by Alexander Winning- Editing by Christian Lowe)

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