Part one of a two part series on the saga of Telegram in Russia. This part is the one where we tell you more generally how the internet is regulated in Russia, why we care about Telegram, and how it (did it?) got blocked in Russia, legally and technically speaking. For this series we spoke to a multitude of people more important and knowledgeable than us. A huge thank you to Mikhail Klimarev, Tanya Lokot, Damir Gainutdinov, Philip Kulin, Anna Fomina, and Max Olenichev. Also thank you to Andrei for his voiceover work, and to Yulia Drobova for the incredible custom cover art. Listen to part 2: https://soundcloud.com/shes-in-russia/61-whipping-boy-telegram-pt-2 Links: - Internet Protection Society (Mikhail): ru.org/">https://ozi-ru.org/ - Agora (Damir): http://en.agora.legal/ - Usher2 (Phil): https://usher2.club/en/ - Team29 (Anna and Max): https://team29.org/ - Yulia (illustrator): https://www.drobova.uz/ Support SIR: https://www.patreon.com/shesinrussia