The Kremlin urged Telegram owner Pavel Durov to be more careful. The warning came amid allegations that the media platform was used to recruit the terrorists who attacked a concert hall outside Moscow, Yahoo News reported.
Telegram, which is currently based in Dubai, was founded by Durov, who left Russia in 2014 after losing control of his previous company. Russian-born Durov, 39, lives in Dubai and holds dual citizenship of the United Arab Emirates and France.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow had no plans to block the app, a major news distributor in Russia and around the world, but that Durov should be more careful.
"We would expect more attention from Pavel Durov, because this unique and technologically phenomenal resource, which actually grew before the eyes of our generation, is increasingly becoming a tool in the hands of terrorists - used for terrorist purposes," Peskov said.
Forbes estimates Durov's fortune at $15.5 billion./BGNES