Since they have blocked VPN apps in China, the cat is out of the bag: they have proved to every country that they have the technical means to block a whatever a

Since they have blocked VPN apps in China, the cat is out of the bag: they have proved to every country that they have the technical means to block a whatever app they like in a given country, and that they'd cave to local regulations to prevent being blocked. That's the cost of doing business anywhere, whether a dictatorship or not. They might stall for a time, but they'll end up blocking Telegram in Russia as well. And other apps will follow.