Telegram representatives appealed the decision to immediately block the messenger

Agora lawyers, who represent the interests of Telegram , appealed the decision on immediate blocking made on April 13 by the Tagansky District Court of Moscow. The document was posted on his channel by the head of Agora, Pavel Chikov.

In the complaint, lawyers refer to the position of the Supreme Court, which indicated that the conclusions of a court making a decision with immediate execution must be supported by real evidence. The contested decision, according to Telegram representatives , was made in violation of these requirements.

“Roskomnadzor’s active blocking actions, taken before the decision comes into force, significantly limit the rights of citizens and other organizations. For example, on April 16, 2018, Roskomnadzor, in order to restrict access to Telegram , began blocking almost 2 million technical IP addresses of Google and Amazon , as a result of which dozens of different services were blocked,” the complaint states.

On April 13, the Tagansky District Court of Moscow ruled to immediately block Telegram in Russia. Roskomnadzor filed a lawsuit - according to the supervisory agency, Telegram did not comply with Russian legislation and did not transfer the keys to the FSB to decrypt user messages. representatives Telegram pointed out that such requirements are not feasible even from a technical point of view.

In the decision on immediate blocking, Judge Yulia Smolina indicated that prolonged failure to comply with the decision would violate the “constitutional rights of personal data subjects” and would also harm “public and private interests.”

“Mediazona” monitors Roskomnadzor’s attempts to limit access to the messenger and conducts online blocking.