Providers began to block Telegram

According to numerous reports, some providers have already started executing the court's decision to block the Telegram messaging service in Russia. YOTA and MegaFon are already blocking the messages in Telegram, and the service itself began calling the "survivors". MTS also does not have a tool to post articles in the service: telegra.ph. The rest of the blocking is a matter of time.

While users are looking for ways to bypass the lock with free, paid and built-in proxies, many are wondering how much pressure will be exerted on Telegram from the outside. For example, will the Telegram operators be removed from the plug-in options? Or: Will Telegram be removed from the App Store and Google Play?

The web version of Telegram also stopped working normally.

Roskomnadzor reported that it sent telecom operators information on the restriction of access to Telegram. According to the head of the department Alexander Zharov, the process of blocking will take several hours. He added that today Roskomnadzor will ask the App Store and Google Play to remove the application from their online stores.

Pavel Durov, creator and CEO of the messenger, on April 13 published his instruction on survival in Telegram:

1. Telegram will use the built-in methods of circumventing locks, which do not require actions from users, however 100% availability of the service without VPN is not guaranteed.
2. In the first hours of blocking, third-party VPN / Proxy services can be overloaded and are likely to run slowly.
3. Regardless of the presence of a lock, Telegram will retain the ability to centrally send notifications to all Russian users, informing about the development of the situation.

Important: Do not remove or reinstall Telegram when communication problems occur. Try to download Telegram updates in time on the App Store or Google Play.

19:00. Updated on

Providers that have already blocked Telegram: Obltelecom, Dom.ru, MTS, Megafon, YOTA, InterLAN, Akado, NetByNet, DreamNet, ATK, ufanet, Inetcom, TELE2, ROSTELECOM, Win Mobile. Also, Roskomnadzor promised to block the means of bypassing the locks.

17.04, 14:25. Updated on

Roskomnadzor sent letters to Apple and Google with a request to remove the Telegram applications from the App Store and Google Play. Also warnings received VPN-services (Roskomnadzor promised to selectively block them) and a popular service for storing application mirrors APK Mirror. Meanwhile, Roskomnadzor has blocked more than 5 million IP addresses belonging to Amazon and Google, trying to block access to Telegram. The application itself is still running.