Apple was thrust into the middle of a long-simmering dispute on May 31 between the encrypted messaging app Telegram and the Russian government, which has sought to shut down the service since it declined to help Moscow intercept communications sent through its platform.
Pavel Durov, the founder of Telegram, accused Apple of refusing to allow the messaging service’s software to be updated globally after Russian authorities ordered the iPhone maker to remove Telegram from Apple’s App Store. The app ran afoul of the Russian authorities for refusing to cooperate with the country’s security agencies.
