Russia has fined Telegram 800,000 Russian ruble approximately $14,000 for failing to comply with a government order that required the company to provide access to encrypted conversations to Russian intelligence agency FSB. The fine was handed down today by a Moscow court after the company failed to heed an official request from the FSB to decrypt conversations for six telephone numbers. Telegram founder: FSB’s requirements “are not technically feasible”” and contradict the right to privacy guaranteed to Russians by the country’s constitution.”
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/government/russia-fines-telegram-14-000-for-not-giving-fsb-an-encryption-backdoor/