Roskomnadzor, in coordination with the state office of public Prosecutor has decided to abandon the blocking of the messenger Telegram. In theory, this does not necessarily have required a new decision of the court previously ruled to block the messenger, say lawyers, was enough to eliminate the violation of failure to deliver the encryption keys to the FSB. The Roskomnadzor as the actual cause of the unlock is called “readiness to counter terrorism and extremism.”Roskomnadzor removes the requirements for restricting access to Telegram messenger in agreement with the General Prosecutor’s office, said on the Agency’s website. “We commend the founder of the Telegram expressed the willingness to combat terrorism and extremism,” said Roskomnadzor. They added that they are willing to “work with all Internet companies operating in the country, to promptly prevent the spread of terrorist and extremist information, child pornography, propaganda of suicide and drugs.”Telegram was blocked in April 2018, according to the decision of Tagansky court. The requirement to lock filed Roskomnadzor after Тelegram not comply with the requirement of the Supervisory authority within 15 days to hand over the keys to encrypt messages to the FSB. The lawyers of the messenger tried to challenge the lock, however, in February of 2019, the Supreme court rejected their complaint in this case.The decision was taken against the backdrop of several events around the Telegram. “Kommersant” reported on 22 April that the deputies of the state Duma from “Fair Russia” Fedot Tumusov and Dmitry Jonas has prepared a draft law on the termination of the lock-Telegram, referring to the active use of the messenger by the state authorities. “While preserving the secrecy of correspondence under privacy policy Telegram mechanisms have been developed to prevent terrorist acts around the world,” said Mr. Durov. A bill to remove the lock Telegram was submitted to the Duma on 15 June.A month ago, Pavel Durov also announced the closure of the project blockchain-platform Telegram Open Network and cryptocurrency Gram, in which investors have invested $1.7 billion the Decision was made amid the trial in the U.S. initiated by the Commission on securities and stock exchanges, in which the court sided with the plaintiff. The founder of the Telegram offered to investors or to pick up 72% of the investments, or leave them in the form of a loan the most Telegram. In April, 2018 RBC, citing a document from the 12th center of the FSB reported that the reason for blocking Telegram in Russia could be the concern of the intelligence agencies plans to create its own crypto currency and “uncontrolled financial system.””As a user and as a person acting on the part of the Telegram, I’m very positive about it. But from the point of view of legal grounds I can’t understand him. How to harmonize �� Prosecutor to cancel the decision of the court?” — said the Internet Ombudsman Dmitry Marinichev. It is not clear how will be modified the legislative structure under which the Telegram was blocked, adds the Director of the Association of electronic communications Sergey Plugotarenko.For renewed access to previously blocked resources not required a new judgment, say lawyers. “Such renewal is made by Roskomnadzor on their own initiative. The formal basis for the resumption of access could only be one thing — execution Telegram obligation to provide the encryption keys of the messages. However, judging by the statements of Roskomnadzor, the actual reason was the other — “a willingness to counter terrorism and extremism”,”— says the lawyer Forward Legal Daniel Bukharin.”To cancel the lock must first leave the restrictions that formed the basis for blocking. The claim, as I recall, showed the FSB,”— recalls the practice Advisor of information technology of the company “Tomashevskaya and partners” Roman Yankovsky. In his opinion, in this case, the fact of the coordination with the state office of public Prosecutor just can say that the reasons for blocking are gone.Actually, the decision on unlocking may be due to the fact that Telegram “big information field”, said Dmitry Marinichev: “anyway, the state is required to cultivate the field and his freethinking audience. And I guess now is the time to do it.”
Head of the human rights group “Agora” Pavel Chikov in his Telegram channel said that it still Telegram is being prepared for consideration in the European court of human rights (ECHR). According to him, the decision to unlock the Telegram should not lead to the loss of victim status in the ECHR and the removal of the case from consideration. Lock is removed when there is no recognition of the violations, the expert explained, and the refusal of compensation and the preservation of systemic problems of legislation and practice of its application.Dmitry Shestoperov who, what, and how successfully fought regulatorsthe next
