FSB charges Telegram founder Pavel Durov with terrorism links and adds him to international wanted list

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) says Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been charged in connection with terrorism-related allegations and placed on an international wanted list, alongside an international arrest warrant. The FSB also said a separate French case remains open, according to reporting on the FSB’s statements ^[1].

Multiple outlets report that the FSB accusation centers on Telegram’s alleged failure to remove content used, in investigators’ view, by Ukrainian special services and by terrorist and extremist organizations to coordinate sabotage, terrorist activity and cyber fraud in Russia. The reports add that neither Durov nor Telegram had immediately commented on the allegations at the time of publication ^[2].

Other coverage similarly frames the move as an FSB “terror charge” against Durov and highlights the issuance of the international arrest warrant following Russia’s action ^{[3] [4]}.

The latest reports say Russian authorities have escalated the Telegram founder’s legal exposure by issuing an international arrest warrant and adding him to an international wanted list tied to terrorism-related charges ^{[1] [3]}.