FSB Detains 46 Users of Telegram Dating Bot 'Leonardo Divechik', Blames Pavel Durov
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The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has detained 46 users of the popular Telegram dating bot 'Leonardo Divechik'. The detainees, aged 12 to 22, are accused of being recruited by Ukrainian intelligence services to commit crimes in Russia. Despite evidence showing they were communicating on a different platform, the FSB blamed Pavel Durov and added him to the list of terrorists and extremists. The bot, with over 13 million users, is based on a VKontakte group created in 2015 and gained popularity after international dating services left Russia.
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