https://mediapresser.com/tags/lawfare/ Recent content in lawfare on Media Presser Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mediapresser.com/russia-charges-pavel-durov-with-facilitating-terrorist-activity-over-telegram-use-by-ukrainian-intelligence/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://mediapresser.com/russia-charges-pavel-durov-with-facilitating-terrorist-activity-over-telegram-use-by-ukrainian-intelligence/ Russia has charged Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activity, alleging that Telegram was used by Ukrainian intelligence to organize attacks inside Russia. The charge places the founder of the most operationally significant messaging platform in the conflict under criminal jurisdiction in the country he left in 2014 after refusing to hand user data to Russian authorities. Telegram’s dual status is the whole problem No platform occupies a stranger position in this war.