Overview
- RBC and The Bell report a final decision to impose a nationwide block in the first days of April, with one major operator citing April 1 for a full shutdown.
- Roskomnadzor has neither confirmed nor denied the reports, saying the agency has nothing to add to earlier statements.
- Digital Minister Maksut Shadaev says access will continue for Russian servicemembers in the so‑called SVO zone and expressed hope they eventually move to other platforms.
- Sources cited alleged recruitment of people, including minors, and claims of foreign intelligence access to Telegram chats as reasons for the move, which Telegram called a deliberate fiction.
- Operators were told not to resist enforcement, but the technical method for blocking remains unspecified following earlier talk of sequential restrictions.