https://www.cnet.com/news/russia-bans-telegram-encrypted-messaging-app/

Last year, Russia threatened to ban Telegram, after claiming the encrypted messaging app was used in a terror plot that left 16 people dead.

Now, multiple news sources are reporting that Russia has made good on that threat. According to Russian news agency TASS, Reuters, The New York Times and more, a Russian court gave the state communications agency Roskomnadzor the immediate authority to ban Telegram on Friday.