>At this point I would be very suspicious of all other messengers that still work in Russia.
That's a conjecture is rational, but I think you already have to be very suspicious of anything that worked there for last 5 years, Telegram inclusively.
It is unbelievable for me that they maintained legal presence in the country up until now, while all others were indiscriminately blocked years ago, and incompliant software authors were raided by 3 letter agencies and raped with assault rifles.
That's a conjecture is rational, but I think you already have to be very suspicious of anything that worked there for last 5 years, Telegram inclusively.
It is unbelievable for me that they maintained legal presence in the country up until now, while all others were indiscriminately blocked years ago, and incompliant software authors were raided by 3 letter agencies and raped with assault rifles.