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𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐀𝐅𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐒 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑-𝟐𝟒-𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐘𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐈 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 Telegram | DID YOU KNOW?

Mr. Durov launched Telegram in late 2013 with his brother, Nikolai, just months before he was pushed out of VK, the Russian social-media platform he founded. Mr. Durov pitched his new app—funded with the proceeds from the VK sale—less as a business than as a way for people to send messages while avoiding government surveillance and censorship.