Pavel Durov ✔ — Telegram Channel

Pavel Durov's channel mixes three distinct threads: Telegram product announcements, sponsorship of youth coding and AI competitions, and commentary on governments clashing with the platform — often in the same week. Recent posts cover an ICANN application for a ".gram" domain zone that would let users host interactive sites under handles like durov.gram, a Rich Text Editor with tables and inline media, carousel support, and plans for a non-custodial "Gram" wallet aimed at zero-fee crypto transactions across Telegram's user base.

A recurring feature is Durov personally listing medal counts and prize money for the International Olympiad in Informatics and the International Olympiad in Artificial Intelligence, naming individual student winners by country and announcing digital collectibles ("Algorithm Cups," "Intelligence Cups") with guaranteed minimum buyback prices. These posts read as genuine sponsorship detail rather than filler — specific names, specific medal tallies, specific dollar figures.

The political posts are where the channel gets its edge. One long post walks through how an "takedown extortionist" edited an old message to backdate illegal content and trigger Telegram's brief removal from the App Store, explained as a warning to other app developers rather than a simple apology. Others respond directly to state pressure: Russia labeling him a "terrorist" over refused surveillance demands, India's week-long ban over leaked exam questions (argued to punish ordinary users instead of the leak's source), and the UK's under-16 social media ban (argued to push minors toward VPNs and worse content instead of protecting them). A short note also praises Georgia's business tax policy after a visit there.

What's absent is anything resembling routine engineering detail — no changelog links, no bug-fix notes, no explanation of how features like the wallet or .gram domains will actually roll out beyond the announcement itself. Posts are short, opinionated, and written in first person; readers get Durov's position on an issue, not a neutral account of it.

Good fit for anyone tracking Telegram's product direction alongside its founder's public disputes with governments — this is the most direct source for both. Less useful as a balanced news feed: every controversial post argues one side, Durov's, without space given to the opposing account.