Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorist activity and issued an international warrant for his arrest. The FSB, the successor to the KGB, accused Telegram of failing to remove channels, group chats and automated bots that Russian authorities claim were used by Ukrainian intelligence services and extremist organizations to coordinate attacks, sabotage and cybercrime inside Russia.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The FSB claimed that criminal activity allegedly coordinated through Telegram caused multiple deaths, including among women and children, and resulted in financial losses amounting to billions of rubles. The agency also focused on “Daivinchik,” a popular Telegram-based dating service. Russian authorities alleged that Ukrainian intelligence operatives posed as young women to contact Russian men and later manipulated them into participating in attacks and acts of sabotage. The FSB said 46 young users of the dating service had been detained across 16 Russian regions since July 2025. It accused them of carrying out arson attacks and targeting police officers on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence. Durov, 41, a Russian-born technology entrepreneur and billionaire, founded the social network VKontakte, commonly known as VK, in 2006. It later became Russia’s largest social media platform. He left Russia in 2014 after losing control of VK following a conflict with the authorities. Durov has said he refused requests from Russian security services to provide user information and data linked to opposition communities.