No. He was born Russian, but has moved out of it after his other social platform VK was confiscated and now owned the Russia. He lives in Germany, where he placeed Telegram’s HQ.
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Caboose12000@lemmy.world 3 years agoTIL telegram is Russian and bad. dang.
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Caboose12000@lemmy.world 3 years ago
oh this makes me feel much better about staying on telegram, thanks for the info!
Pechente@feddit.de 3 years ago
It’s not. The founder is russian and created vKontakte but basically had it taken away from him by Putin. He’s outspoken against the regime and just because he’s born in Russia shouldn’t mean he should be seen as part of that crappy government.
Caboose12000@lemmy.world 3 years ago
thanks this makes me feel better about keeping telegram!