{"id":1370444,"date":"2026-03-17T13:32:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-risks-losing-military-coordination-due-to-telegram-ban-isw\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:32:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:32:05","slug":"russia-risks-losing-military-coordination-due-to-telegram-ban-isw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-risks-losing-military-coordination-due-to-telegram-ban-isw\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia risks losing military coordination due to Telegram ban \u2013 ISW"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Russian<\/span> Ministry of<\/span> Defense<\/span> has banned<\/span> the military<\/span> from using<\/span> the Telegram messenger<\/span> ,<\/span> which<\/span> could<\/span> worsen<\/span> troop<\/span> control<\/span> and<\/span> communications<\/span> at<\/span> the front.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This<\/span> is<\/span> reported by<\/span><\/a> the Institute<\/span> for the Study<\/span> of War (<\/span> ISW).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analysts<\/span> are paying<\/span> attention<\/span> to<\/span> the reaction<\/span> of Russian<\/span> military bloggers<\/span> who<\/span> criticize<\/span> this<\/span> decision.<\/span> In<\/span> their<\/span> opinion,<\/span> the ban on<\/span> Telegram<\/span> will only<\/span> exacerbate<\/span> the<\/span> already<\/span> existing<\/span> communication<\/span> problems<\/span> in<\/span> the Russian<\/span> army.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ISW<\/span> notes<\/span> that<\/span> the situation<\/span> has become more<\/span> complicated<\/span> after<\/span> restricting<\/span> access<\/span> to<\/span> Starlink,<\/span> and<\/span> new<\/span> bans<\/span> may<\/span> further<\/span> impact<\/span> coordination<\/span> between<\/span> units<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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At the same time,<\/span> the Kremlin<\/span> is tightening<\/span> restrictions<\/span> on<\/span> Telegram<\/span> in<\/span> Russia<\/span> itself<\/span> .<\/span> Analysts<\/span> have recorded<\/span> a sharp<\/span> increase<\/span> in user<\/span> complaints<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> messenger.<\/span> On<\/span> March<\/span> 14<\/span> , there were<\/span> about<\/span> 6,000<\/span> of them<\/span> ,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> next<\/span> day<\/span> the number<\/span> doubled.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Most<\/span> complaints<\/span> come<\/span> from<\/span> Moscow<\/span> and<\/span> St.<\/span> Petersburg.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Experts<\/span> suggest<\/span> that<\/span> the authorities<\/span> may<\/span> gradually<\/span> block<\/span> Telegram<\/span> to<\/span> tighten<\/span> control<\/span> over<\/span> information<\/span> about<\/span> the war<\/span> against<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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ISW<\/span> also<\/span> notes<\/span> that<\/span> the restrictions<\/span> are<\/span> so<\/span> extensive<\/span> that<\/span> in<\/span> some<\/span> regions<\/span> even<\/span> sites<\/span> and<\/span> applications<\/span> from<\/span> the so<\/span> -called “<\/span> white<\/span> list”<\/span> do not<\/span> work<\/span> , including<\/span> Russian<\/span> state<\/span> resources<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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Analysts<\/span> believe<\/span> that<\/span> the Kremlin<\/span> may<\/span> test<\/span> society’s<\/span> reaction<\/span> by starting<\/span> the lockdown<\/span> with<\/span> the largest<\/span> cities.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“<\/span> These<\/span> blocks<\/span> are<\/span> part of<\/span> an escalating<\/span> campaign<\/span> of<\/span> internet censorship<\/span> …<\/span> This<\/span> may<\/span> indicate<\/span> Putin’s<\/span> declining<\/span> confidence<\/span> in<\/span> the stability<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> regime,”<\/span> ISW<\/span> notes<\/span> .<\/span><\/p>\n

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According<\/span> to<\/span> experts,<\/span> the Russian<\/span> authorities<\/span> will continue<\/span> to strengthen<\/span> control<\/span> over<\/span> the information<\/span> space<\/span> against<\/span> the backdrop<\/span> of the difficult<\/span> situation<\/span> in<\/span> the war<\/span> against<\/span> Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was previously reported that large-scale outages in the Telegram messenger began in Russia, preventing users from sending messages and uploading photos and videos.<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Russian Ministry of Defense has banned the military from using the Telegram messenger , which could worsen troop control and communications at the front. This is reported by the Institute for the Study of War ( ISW). Analysts are paying attention to the reaction of Russian military bloggers who criticize this decision. In their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1124807,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76874,76870,76871],"class_list":["post-1370444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-war","category-world","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1370444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1370444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1124807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1370444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1370444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}