UPD: In response to a request from the «Agency»*, Telegram reported that «the channel was deleted by its owner, possibly as a result of unauthorized access», adding that it is conducting its own investigation.
In Telegram, the channel «VChK-OGPU» with a million subscribers disappeared, which was previously recognized as a «foreign agent». Previously, Roskomnadzor demanded the removal of this channel, and in December last year, the Tagansky Court of Moscow fined Telegram for not complying with this requirement.
The editorial team of «VChK-OGPU» reported that the channel was deleted without explanation, and requests to the messenger's support service remain unanswered. And they published a history of the persecution of the people who created «VChK-OGPU».
The editorial team stated that since 2024, an investigation into the attempted assassination of the channel's founder has been underway in the European Union. According to «VChK-OGPU», the organizer is one of the Russian special services.
In the summer of last year, the channel was recognized as a «foreign agent». In August 2024, the channel's founder was hospitalized with an acute unknown-origin illness and spent two months there, claims the channel's team.
In December 2024, the authorities demanded through the court to delete the channel from Telegram. According to the decision of the Tagansky District Court, the channel was accused of publishing information «aimed at destabilizing the socio-political situation in the Russian Federation, discrediting the actions of the state authorities of the Russian Federation and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation».
As journalists note, the other channels mentioned in the court decision were also blocked, and «the freed-up links immediately ended up in the hands of individuals associated with the Russian authorities, indicating coordinated actions».
* Recognized in Russia as a «foreign agent».