The platform lacks transparency and is filled with “Russian activities,” Ukraine’s culture minister has alleged Ukraine needs to introduce a kind of “regulatory” mechanism for Telegram, Culture Minister Alexander Tkachenko has said. The minister made the remarks in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine published on Friday.

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The Ukrainian president has reportedly claimed there may be Moscow-inspired mass protests in Kiev Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky told journalists on Thursday that he has received tips about a Russian influence campaign aimed at destabilizing his government, according to a Bloomberg report. He claimed that various intelligence agencies had informed him about the purported operation.