A classic verge article. Also I find it dangerous to say things that may make people think that the kremlin had any control over telegram, it has not, in fact it tried very hard to block it in Russia but failed royally and thats a pattern with Russia. They are aware that what is left of their economy so deeply depends on the Western Internet that blocking it is just too damaging and they got that when they tried to block telegram and took large chunks of the internet down while telegram just chucked on. Pavel knows what happened to Vkontakte, and he won’t let that be repeated.