Roskomnadzor

In 2008, Russia created the Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology, and Mass Media—Roskomnadzor. It censored the media and filtered inappropriate content. Every day, except weekends, it visited the Internet office in Moscow and monitored the behavior of other websites. In 2016, Roskomnadzor blocked LinkedIn for refusing to store Russian citizens' data on local servers. This went unnoticed, unlike an attempt to block Telegram. The messenger, which appeared in 2013 and is the younger brother of VKontakte, fiercely fought for freedom, supported by its father, Pavel Durov, and users. By 2020, things had improved, but the situation soon worsened, and a new wave of blocking followed, including that of the blue messenger. A "partisan" group formed: Telegram, WhatsApp, Discord, Twitter, and Reddit. They constantly made fun of Rkn—either by adding salt to their drinks or by pulling out their PC's cable. Telegram was the most prominent due to their former Cold War. In the middle of the year, Rkn got an assistant—a national messenger named Max, whom no one liked. He constantly tried to separate Telegram and Rkn, even though no one asked him to. This really irritated Telegram, because "his job is to bother Rkn. "