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Kremlin warns Russians not to evade Telegram messaging app ban

By Joel Gehrke
Published April 16, 2018 8:53pm ET
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Kremlin warns Russians not to evade Telegram messaging app ban
Russian President Vladimir Putin has been peddling theories that the U.S. is not only meddling with his business allies, but in the 2018 Russian elections and even the upcoming Olympic games. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, file) | Alexei Druzhinin

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman has warned citizens against circumventing a new ban on Telegram, an encrypted messaging app disfavored by Russian intelligence officials.

“[T]hese measures will be enforced,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Monday, according to TASS, a state-run media outlet.

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