Telegram Becomes Nearly Unavailable in Russia
Technology
The availability of the Telegram messaging app in Russia has sharply declined, with failed request rates reaching nearly 80% nationwide and approaching 90% in some regions.
According to Kommersant, citing data from analytics service Merilo, the share of failed requests to Telegram domains rose to 79.4% between March 9 and 15 — an increase of 47 percentage points.
In the Central Federal District, the figure reached 76.5%, up by 60 percentage points over the week. In several other regions, failure rates are nearing 90%, significantly limiting access to the service.
Sources attribute the uneven blocking to the technical capabilities of threat mitigation systems (TSPU), where filtering nodes vary in capacity and struggle to process around 2.5 million filtering rules consistently.
Experts note that fully blocking Telegram is technically difficult due to its architecture. However, the current restrictions could make the app effectively unusable for many users.
In the Central Federal District, the figure reached 76.5%, up by 60 percentage points over the week. In several other regions, failure rates are nearing 90%, significantly limiting access to the service.
Sources attribute the uneven blocking to the technical capabilities of threat mitigation systems (TSPU), where filtering nodes vary in capacity and struggle to process around 2.5 million filtering rules consistently.
Experts note that fully blocking Telegram is technically difficult due to its architecture. However, the current restrictions could make the app effectively unusable for many users.
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