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Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov says Apple has prevented the popular messaging service from updating globally since Russian authorities “ordered” the U.S. mobile-phone giant to remove Telegram from its app store.

Durov made the announcement on his official Telegram Channel on May 31, days after Russia’s communications regulator said it had asked Apple to help it block Telegram in the country.

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