Edit: While I said "duty" I meant that I really hope the that the police investigate all allegations of hate crime assault properly.
Garbage in, garbage out.
BTW, both candidates were conservatives.
https://en.iz.ru/en/1888293/2025-05-19/zakharova-responded-r...
- https://theconversation.com/telegram-why-the-app-is-allowed-...
- https://kremlingram.org/en/dangers/
And lastly, hot off the presses, happened hours ago, Durov, following the Russian tradition, tried to influence the Romanian presidential elections right on election day by spamming Telegram users https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/telegram-founder-says-h...
For the record, 'conservative voices' is a dog whistle for batshit rightwing bullshit, as both presidential candidates are conservatives.
No, that's why Russia finally acted in the response to the NATO expansion and the revolutions "mid-wifed" by the US.
From my personal armchair, this will go nowhere, the accusation has no basis. Something similar happened before and the charges were dropped. This was just an attempt to intimidate the judiciary. I hope the SCOTUS is happy with the monster they created.