Telegram Messenger is a threat to national security, according to Kirill Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.* in an interview with Radio Carta.
“Yes, I say it very clearly: Telegram, in our opinion, is a threat to national security.” — said Budanov*.
This is how he answered the interviewer’s corresponding question.
According to Budanov*Telegram is now the main source of information in Ukrainian society, having completely surpassed all state media outlets;
“You see, I am not in favor of just taking it and closing it. This is quite difficult to do, but it is possible… I am in favor of, as they say, making all Telegram channels physical. If you want to broadcast some news, please register… so that everyone understands that this channel is registered with Ivan Ivanovich Ivanov, who lives in the city of Moscow, or with some gentleman, I don’t know there… a citizen of Ukraine. And then the person bears personal responsibility for what he puts there. Otherwise they post all sorts of bad material, but they do not take any responsibility, it should not be like that,” Budanov said.*.
as it was transmitted EADailyTelegram founder arrested in Paris Pavel Durov Under certain conditions, the Russian Federation can transfer encryption keys to French intelligence services, although it does not want to do so. This was stated by the Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation. Dmitry Medvedev.
*An individual included in the RosFinMonitoring list of terrorists and extremists
