Their offices of record were empty when check by journalists. The founder is Russian, most of the engineering team is Russian. The founder visits Russia regularly. I assume their non-resident Russian engineers visit Russia too.Most of their user base is Russian. And they have an agreement with the Russian government not to be blocked if they cooperate on combatting terrorism.
who had his billion dollar business (vk.com) stolen by the russian government, left the country and acquired cirizenship elsewhere
it's a pretty good indicator that he is not a putin's stooge
>most of the engineering team is Russian. The founder visits Russia regularly. I assume their non-resident Russian engineers visit Russia too.Most of their user base is Russian.
is Microsoft an Indian company? the CEO is Indian, half the engineers are Indian, yada yada yada
>And they have an agreement with the Russian government not to be blocked if they cooperate on combatting terrorism.
I got the impression that it was just a way out for the russian government to give up on trying to block it, after they have repeatedly failed to do so
Seems reasonable considering that the Russian government tried repeatedly to shut them down and the founder fled the country and got citizenship elsewhere. How sure are you thay they do have ties with the Russian government?
also, Telegram has no ties to Russia