The government of Russia, through its media supervision agency, Roskomnadzor, has banned the popular messaging app Telegram. The ban has caused an outcry from human rights activists the world over and highlighted the continued enforcement of stringent measures by the Russian government in the online media world. Telegram, which is quite popular in the cryptocurrency universe, has termed the ban “an open farce” through its founder, Pavel Durov. The Long-Running Battle Telegram and the Roskomnadzor have been engaged in a battle for Telegram’s encryption keys since 2016 when the Russian government passed its anti-terror laws. These laws require messaging services to surrenderPowered by WPeMatico