The Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service stated that placing advertisements on the Telegram platform is illegal against the backdrop of the measures taken by the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Media to restrict access to Telegram.
"Considering that the Russian authorities have imposed restrictions on access to social and communication platforms such as Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, VPN services, Telegram, and WhatsApp, the Russian Federal Antimonopoly Service has determined that integrating advertising content on these platforms constitutes a violation of the advertising law, and both the advertisers and the ad publishers are responsible for this."
In February of this year, the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technologies and Mass Media strengthened its bandwidth throttling measures against Telegram, causing problems with loading voice messages, stories, images, and videos within the application.
The regulatory body stated that it will continue to impose restrictions if the platform does not deploy its servers within Russia or comply with Russian laws.
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