00:00Telegram founder Pavel Durov says Russia has labelled him a terrorist
00:04after he refused to comply with what he described as Moscow's demands to monitor and censor the platform.
00:11His comments came after Russian authorities added the 41-year-old to a list of terrorists and extremists
00:17a day after accusing Telegram of being used by Ukrainian intelligence.
00:24Durov has lived outside Russia for several years and holds passports from both France and the United Arab Emirates.
00:31He said Russian law now prevented him from publishing information online through platforms accessible within the country.
00:38Russia first tried to block Telegram in 2018 after the company refused to give Russian security services the keys to
00:45decrypt users' messages.
00:46The restrictions failed to stop access to the app and Moscow lifted the ban two years later.
00:52Russian authorities are now encouraging users to switch to MAX, a state-backed messaging service.
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