Foreign Intelligence Can See Russian Military’s Telegram Correspondence, Minister Claims - The Moscow Times
Moscow Times
February 18, 2026
Foreign intelligence services can see Telegram correspondence sent by Moscow’s troops in Ukraine, Russia’s digital development minister claimed on Wednesday after authorities moved to curb the popular messaging app’s operations in the country. “While Telegram was initially considered a fairly anonymized service and was used by our military at the start of the special military operation, there is now ample evidence confirmed by our agencies that foreign intelligence services have access to Telegram correspondence,” Maksut Shadayev said in the lower-house State Duma.
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Originally published on Moscow Times on 2/18/2026