He was placed on an international wanted list for the messenger’s failure to remove channels and bots at the authorities’ request. They claim that Ukrainian security services used them for attacks on Russia and for cyberfraud activity. This may have caused damage amounting to billions of rubles. In 2026, Telegram was fined more than $100 million in Russia ($1.3 million), with the bulk of the fines issued for failing to remove content. At the same time, Andrey Svintsov, deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on Information Policy, emphasized that Russians should not invest in Telegram’s digital assets. The messenger is linked to the GRAM token, with a market capitalization of $3.8 billion (22nd place). Meanwhile, the market capitalization of NFT gifts in Telegram amounts to $160.8 million, according to Dune.