Deputy Chairman of Roskomnadzor Oleg Terlyakov, at a meeting with representatives of the Russian IT industry, where the creation of a single “state VPN” was discussed, said that the administration managed to completely block Telegram, — When they objected to him, he said there was no need to worry.
Details of the Roskomnadzor meeting, which took place on June 8, became known from businessman and developer Igor Ashmanov, whose wife Natalia Kasperskaya (co-founder of Kaspersky Lab and head of the InfoWatch group of companies) was present at this meeting.
June 9 Ashmanov published On my paid blog for the informal minutes of the meeting. It follows from this that the following dialogue took place between Terlyakov and Kasperskaya:
Terlyakov: Who loves us or doesn’t love us is a question we will leave aside. We are doing our job. We have a mission, and we will fulfill it. We can do it together, we can do it separately without you.
Kasperskaya: Is there any consequence of blocking? For example, have you blocked Telegram?
Terlyakov: Yes, of course.
Kasperskaya: Colleagues, raise your hands, who continues to use Telegram? -Everyone raises their hands- So?
Terlyakov: But what do you worry about if everything works out in your favor? So, RKN is not so bad.
Later, Igor Ashmanov deleted his post and published A new one (with paid access as well) is titled: “Self-censorship again.”
In a deleted post, according to The Bell, Ashmanov was “skeptical” about the outcome of the meeting. According to him, RKN refused to discuss who gives banning orders (“these are decisions of other bodies, which you all understand who they are”), and promised to continue doing the same.
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