Ok so I know very little about Russia, where would one go to verify that claim? I'm not disputing it at all, just trying to inform myself. One of the reasons I

Ok so I know very little about Russia, where would one go to verify that claim? I'm not disputing it at all, just trying to inform myself. One of the reasons I ask, is related to Telegram. I'm aware of the crypto argument. But it seems (from the outside, so could be a complete cover of course) that Pavel Durov is somewhat taking a stand against their government[1][2][3]. Is that simply because he has enough money to do so? Or is it just a show to give people the idea he's taking a stand? [1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-telegram-security/telegram-app-agrees-to-register-in-russia-but-not-to-share-private-data-idUSKBN19J1RK https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-telegram-security/... [2] https://www.neowin.net/news/russian-government-fines-telegram-for-refusing-to-give-up-user-data https://www.neowin.net/news/russian-government-fines-telegra... [3] https://www.deepdotweb.com/2017/10/30/russian-government-fines-telegram-not-providing-backdoor/ https://www.deepdotweb.com/2017/10/30/russian-government-fin...