from RT:

The US wants to control the Telegram messaging platform, State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has claimed

The US government wants “total control” of social media, which is why it orchestrated the arrest of Pavel Durov, the CEO of Telegram, a messaging platform it so far has no influence over, Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin has claimed.

The senior lawmaker took to Telegram on Tuesday, three days after Durov’s detention in France, to argue that US President Joe Biden wants to take control of the messaging app before the election in November.