At least if you are in the West and you use Russian VPN (or other similar services) to do something shady: you are practically guaranteed that the service owne

At least if you are in the West and you use Russian VPN (or other similar services) to do something shady: you are practically guaranteed that the service owners won't be compelled to assist the authorities. Now with Telegram you have both risks: - they can get pressure from Russia through family. - they can get pressure from the West through the law / court.