Earlier, the special envoy of the President of Russia on digital and technological development Dmitry Peskov said that the service is obliged to comply with the laws of the Russian Federation, and non-compliance should lead to blocking. At the same time, according to him, “an individual using the service does not violate the laws of the Russian Federation”, therefore, the correct description of the situation is “blocked, but not prohibited”.
“Carried out (blocking. - RT ), one does not contradict one another. The decision to block the technical service does not mean a ban on the use of this service, ”RIA Novosti quoted Volina as saying.
To the question of whether it is legal to use the messenger in Russia, he replied that "legally, yes."
Since April 2018, Roskomnadzor has been blocking the messenger in Russia.