Telegram is widely popular among that part of the country who like doing illegal things; it was even endorsed by local darknet, they set up bots to help circumv

Telegram is widely popular among that part of the country who like doing illegal things; it was even endorsed by local darknet, they set up bots to help circumvent blocking and stuff like that. Really juicy target for banhammer compared to whatsapp that has a smaller and more legitimate user base (in russia).